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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been eye-opening for me.  We're considering private school applications next year, and I'm definitely going to look into this aspect more carefully. It never occurred to me that college counselors at top private schools would be falling short, since a main end game for them is a good college placement record for their students.  Thanks, PPs.[/quote]

The counselors' Rolodexes, if they still use those, are legendary. The real value comes at the crunch time when they call a school to get your kid off the waitlist, although some claim this is overstated.

And compared to public, where one counselor is responsible for 100+ kids, it would be hard to perform badly.

I guess the issues being raised here are the extent to which counselors are willing/ able to guide your kid in the selection process. I think this is something we, the parents, need to be involved with instead of relying solely on the counselor. The problem, of course, is the parent who thinks the 9 schools should be the 8 ivies plus Stanford.[/b] Then it's the counselor's job to suggest Michigan, Tufts and their ilk, plus a few safeties including the state school.[b] If the counselor fails to do this, out of gutlessness or ignorance, they have failed.[/quote]

For Washington DC - resident students the "state school" of course is Yoodeecee.  Not exactly a compelling safety choice.[/quote]

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