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[quote=Anonymous]Getting back to the original question, college admissions is stressful for every kid, and some schools CCO are just better than others in managing expectations for kids and families.

At one DC school, CCO met early with DC, had honest conversations about what DC wanted and then met with parents and DC to discuss a broad reaching list of schools. CCO was very frank in managing expectations, and balanced encouraging DC to apply REA to the Ivy where DC was legacy, and yet also letting DC and us know the odds.

At our other DC school, CCO was not as personalized nor involved, but did their job. Looked at DC's profile, factored in potential hooks, and told DC to apply to legacy school REA, but also get an ED2 application ready for "x" school just in case. Interestingly, DC had no interest in "x" school, but CCO made the hard sell, and so DC did not push back.

In the end, everything worked out for our children. 
Bottom line, the CCO at the various schools all work a bit differently, but get their students to the same places. It can get dicey when CCO is the first time parents are being told to manage expectations. [/quote]

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