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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School counselors of public high schools will have close to 1,000 seniors, you’re kidding right ? [/quote]

Yeah but a lot of them are already working on essays. The counselor won't be hearing from a lot of them.[/quote]

HS counselors at public HS are overworked and not helpful in the college process. For the colleges that needed the "counselor letter" we practically wrote the letter with the "resume" we had to put together.  No other way to do it as the counselor was literally just a "random person writing about a kid they had never actually met". I'm sure they spent only 20-30 mins writing the actual recommendation/letter.  And I'm sure most colleges know this is the case for public HS (versus private schools where it is very different).

My kid had a new counselor starting junior year (during covid, online school) and had never even met their counselor.  My kid never actually met their counselor in person before graduating HS, which is quite typical for the college bound students/better students. Our counselor had 800 students.  [/quote]

I think you meant to say, "[b]In my experience,[/b]..."

My four kids all had the same high school counselor in their MoCo public school, and they had a terrific experience.  YMMV.[/quote]
Ok YMMV.  But In My Experience with 4 kids graduating 4 different public HS (and all of the friends I have) and going onto college, this is not a typical experience.  Most of the Public HS my friends and I have experienced have overworked HS counselors who barely know the students because it's hard with 600-800 students.  I've yet to meet anyone (except you) who had a great experience with their HS counselor for the college applications.  our counselors are for the HS experience, and even then most really only see them if there are major problems---have a great kid without any academic issues and you'd never meet them.  Only met them with my oldest because we moved during HS and had to iron out getting credit for certain courses taken at the previous HS.  Otherwise, my kids never really see their counselor.  So it is kind of sad that colleges even still ask for counselor recommendations from public HS in my opinion.  They have been worthless and meaningless for my kids.  And I feel bad that every fall each counselor likely has 200-250 seniors, so that means 200+ at our school that are heading to college and might need these worthless recommendations.  Really a waste of their time.

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