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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] They could go to a lot of top schools but they need good college direction to do that and only some kids at St. Albans get good college direction. Others have no direction at all and their recommendation letters from their teachers are not even looked at and there’s no strategizing whatsoever. If you’re lucky enough to be important enough to get the proper direction you need and guidance then you’ll probably go to a top school. Many kids got into top schools from St. Albans but it wasn’t because of St. Albans it was because of the kids and the parents and families connections and legacy status. We were not happy with the college process at all.[/quote]

I don’t really follow this.  Who is supposed to look at recommendation letters?  The CCO does help each student compile a list with schools in three categories in the spring of junior year, and that list is revisited. Is that the strategizing you mean?  College counselors also seem to be fairly accessible to students throughout the process. It is true that many kids benefitted from family connections, including legacy, but that has been pointed out many times on this thread and is not unique to STA.[/quote]

At other top private schools the college counselors look at the teacher recommendations. Fact. They give insight into maybe things to highlight or go into further depth on that compliment the students application. It is common practice at top privates in NYC and a few other win DC. [/quote]

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