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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half of the in-school session in publics is taking the PSAT for juniors, or the practice PSAT for freshmen and sophomores. Then lunch, then an hour or two of pep talks or whatever.

Another difference may be the counselor's familiarity with your kid. Also, their Rolodex and familiarity with schools besides UMD. I say this as a parent who went through the process last year. We got some fairly bad advice from the counselor about what the most selective schools want. For example, DC was told that 2 years of foreign language was fine and there was no reason to take a third year.[/quote]

+1. Another big chunk of the limited parental college counseling sessions is how to apply for FA.

Ours was a well-reputed MoCo HS, but a lot of the counseling effort is directed at first generation college families. Those aiming for top private universities are sort of on their own to do the research about what top colleges are looking for. Which is probably as it should be.

We too heard from the counselor that two years of language was ok, and fortunately we knew better from DC’s own research. Counselor also pushed hard for UMD for both kids. Oldest went to an ivy that’s stronger in the intended major, and second is at UMD doing comp sciences, which UMD is great at. Counselor seemed to think nobody at the high school could afford full pay at a private university, and we had to talk for a bit before we could persuade her we were good for the tuition.[/quote]

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