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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b]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!![/b][/quote]

Well the other side of this is parents who are shooting WAY too high for their kids.  I was at a recent Big3 parent gathering at a Big3 and a parent was going on and on about current college junior who (in her mind) was forced to apply "way too low".  This kid ended up at a top30 school with roughly a 3.6-3.7 GPA and a 1500.  Two years later and this parent still thinks the school undersold her kid.  The reality (if you look at SCOIR data) is that no one got into the Ivy league with under a 3.89 that year and countless were rejected.  
This parent has a current highschool junior with worse stats than kid #1 and is saying "well, with this kid we're applying where we want.  We're not getting screwed over by the school again."

So literally you have a 3.6 get into a top30 university and the parents (TWO YEARS LATER) are still not happy.  [b]There are some HIGHLY, HIGHLY delusional parents at the top privates. [/b]    [/quote]

But aren’t those GPAs “end of senior year” GPAs?[/quote]

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