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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In private schools you do not have the option to not have counselor letter but [b]maybe some
schools will start considering this to keep the process fair[/b].[/quote]

They cannot do away with the counselor letter from a private school as that is where the meat of all information about a student is-rigor, estimate place in class, etc. The stuff parents aren’t allowed to see!

I wonder if these letters go as far as to “recommend” certain students at certain places too or if that is done with a phone call. I’m beginning to think private schools slot the students where they think would be best for the whole class and not just the student applying. You really put yourself at their mercy if this is the case!![/quote]

Private school counselors strongly recommend certain schools to certain students...translation, if you apply to the list I gave you, I will write you a wonderful recommendation letter.  If I tell you that you should be applying to say (and I am literally randomly picking a school) Muhlenberg, but you insist on applying to Harvard...your recommendation letter to Harvard will be a neutral letter = reject.

This is the downside of a private school where the colleges know the counselor knows the kid.  There is no way for the counselor to use the "I have 500 kids under my purview...no way I can know them all" excuse.[/quote]

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