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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]seriously if you send your kid to wilson outsource the college counseling and stop complaining.[/quote]

The school counselor has to write the recommendation. You cannot outsource that. Transcripts, etc also have to be sent by the school counselor. And there are plenty of low income kids at Wilson who cannot afford a private college counselor [/quote]

They write the recommendations for all the kids in the school. What about having the teacher doing it?

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NP but those recommendations are separate.  [/quote]

Yes, but colleges don't give a whit about recommendations from school counselors who barely know kids in big public schools like Wilson, those with under-resourced college counseling departments.  Your kid should get a brief recommendation from a counselor to tick off that box, but you don't need to stop there.  Your kid can always include a note with the college application stating that the counselor barely knows him or her, so s/he is including an extra recommendation from an adult mentor who does.  No college will object to that approach.  Admissions counselors know that students in tony suburban school districts with strong college advising and private schools have an edge where school recommendations are concerned.  They still want to get to know your kid as well as possible to make an informed admissions decision. [/quote]

You clearly have no idea how the process works so perhaps you should refrain from commenting and making suggestions on this thread. 12th grade counselors are an integral part of the process of applying to college. They write a recommendation + check off boxes for the student in many categories that are school based. They send the transcript and other items as well. [/quote]

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