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[quote=Anonymous]Our FCPS high school had their own timing re: college applications (probably tied to the Va Colleges) which did not coincide with DD & DS. Our kids were not applying to Va publics. Both kids had out-of-state publics on their list with rolling admissions - the longer you wait, the harder it is to get in. Kids were ready to submit applications in Sept/Oct. In some cases the universities had been accepting applications beginning the end of August) The guidance department was just not up and running re:college applications at the start of school. They had plenty else to do, I'm sure, at the very beginning of the school year. I guess what was the most frustrating was we had met w/the counselor before Summer. She had all the specifics, she didn't raise any questions, but when Fall came it just wasn't getting done. DD & DS ended up sending in their apps without a guidance counselor recommendation and were admitted (luckily) the transcripts were sent by the school. I felt we got a lot of push-back at every turn. I kept thinking they should be happy to try to make this happen. Kept thinking, "one less student vying for a spot at the same few Va colleges everyone is battling to get into" But the point was the high school was use to their own schedule of when to do things, and they weren't going to deviate.

At times the thought crossed my mind if maybe the feet-dragging on the part of the Guidance Department was a deliberate approach. Maybe to combate senioritis. Maybe their only leverage to keep students working at full throttle for as long into the school year as possible. I have no idea really. It just felt like the school was working against us re: timing, and uninterested once DS & DD had acceptances to schools of which they weren't too familiar.

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