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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you having an issue understanding the inappropriate question - here are others I suspect you would never ask because they are highly personal:

-Do you get financial aid - how much?
-How hard do you find the classes, do you get A's? 
-What's your GPA? What's your SAT/ACT score?
- Do you take APs? What were your scores on the test?
- Do you have tutors? How many of your friends do?
- Do you have an accommodation recognized by the school - and what do they do to help you? [/quote]

I would absolutely ask if they found the classes hard and if few or many kids get As, would also ask if tutors are commonplace, would ask if they take APs and to their knowledge do kids do well on the AP tests.  If my kid needed an accommodation, would ask if they knew anything about how the school may actually handle those vs what Admin claims.

So, many of those are good questions.[/quote]

You made those questions general. No longer "what is your GPA." If you extend that to the original situation then you would agree to not ask an individual where did *you* apply but more generally "how many schools do seniors generally apply to?" Which I think many would agree is a fair question. Asking specific questions about the guide's GPA, accommodations, applications, rejections, financial aid, etc are all terrible questions.[/quote]

Exactly.

“Do you get financial aid?” Not okay. 
“What percentage of the student body gets financial aid?” Okay.

“What is your GPA?” Not okay. 
“What is the average GPA?” Okay.

“Where are you applying to college?” Not okay. 
“Where do seniors apply to college?” Okay.

This should be very easy. Shocking that people don’t get it but basic manners are no longer taught, I guess.

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So..what about: what non-ivy schools are poplar this year?  Are you hearing that a lot of kids are going test optional? can you share any of the factors kids your year are using to decide where to apply?[/quote]

I think you're expecting a bit too much from a teen giving you a school tour to answer any and every question you have about the college process. First things first, you're visiting a high school your teen will attend for the next four years. Hire a college counselor to help with the rest.[/quote]
This exactly. Good grief. Ask about how long they spend on homework, how they juggle extracurriculars, maybe even things like how they are balancing school workload and application demands, but leave the specifics of GPAs and popular schools to the CCs when you talk to them—and you do get a chance to talk to them, at least in our experience.

Also, the student tour guides at most of the schools we visited were 10th and 11th graders, not seniors. [/quote]

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