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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do realize that most ED applications are due this week, right?  If your DC truly is at a Big3, you might be better off talking with your school's counselors than throwing things open to dcum.[/quote]

OP here.  Yes Big 3 and we are well aware of 11/15 deadline. DC may pass on ED but still go EA.  [b]The counselors at the school refrain from being critical of colleges or suggesting one over the other or giving a more personal opinion beyond “here are colleges that may be a good fit for you”.[/b]  DCUM offers something different and obviously more personal as folks may have attended a school or had a child or other family member/friend who did.  That is more depth that the counselors can provide when they don’t have that level of knowledge for each and every college that students at their school consider.

[b]If school counselors could answer all questions from every aspect [/b]then there wouldn’t be the need or desire for a forum like this where parents can reach out to other parents/families to get their experiences or insights.  It offers supplemental and complementary info to what is given by the counselors.  [/quote]

Which big 3? It does not sound your DC's counselor is doing a good job. Hope not the big 3 my DC is at. He is a freshman, so we do not know if his school counselors are good or not yet.[/quote]

I agree. Not my experience with a DC who just graduated from a Big 3. All counselors were available to all seniors and all parents literally all the time during this fall period. DC had an assigned counselor who was wonderful, but the other counselors were just as accessible and helpful.

And all of the Big 3s send lots of kids to these schools every year.  For places like Wesleyan, Tufts, Haverford, the Claremont schools, and others, they visit them, keep up with alum who go they're, know the admissions staff, and sometimes even came from those admissions offices.

Why you want to listen to stories about Reed in the 90s or some neighbor's niece at Vassar  is beyond me, when you have people who actually know your kid well (or certainly should!).[/quote]

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