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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole idea is ridiculous. Nobody should be writing a recommendation unless they are familiar with your child. Parents should have zero involvement with this. Tell your kid to find someone that knows them. Absolutely unethical for the counselor to even ask for such a thing and I would tell her that too. I once had a boss ask me to write my own letter and she’d sign it, I told her that was not ethical and found someone else. You should do the same. The college doesn’t want to hear what you think, quite the opposite actually. [/quote]

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You must not have gone through senior year with your kid(s) yet.  The senior packet is full of things the parents have to fill out - chief among them is the very lengthy parent questionnaire.  Parents are expected to thoughtfully and thoroughly fill out this questionnaire so the counselor has some idea of who the kid is they will be writing the recommendation for.  Parents have a HUGE involvement in this aspect of the college application process.  This is how it's done in FCPS, and probably most other public school districts - probably private schools as well.  Get used to it.[/quote]

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