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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very disappointed with the ones at SSSAS. There are 3 counselors and they divide the students among them on last name (1/3 top of alphabet, 1/3 middle, 1/3 last). Our counselor was absolutely awful, basically told us our kid was stupid despite great stats (3.9 GPA, 1510 SATs), would not answer direct questions we asked in person or email (which was super strange, why?). Students fill out questionnaires re what kind of school they are interested in and then the counselor would suggest completely opposite schools (WTF).

For example: our kid wanted a medium to large size flagship public school, with great school spirit, rah rah atmosphere, not religious, close to east coast. Counselor suggested Pepperdine (I am not making this up).

We were so frustrated, as it was our oldest and we had never been down this road before. We ended up ignoring the counselor's advice, got a private counselor. My kid had top choice that had ED, stats put my kid in top of the median previously accepted students, private counselor helped with essay editing, they applied ED against the school's advice, got in.

SSSAS does have parent programs that start in sophomore year that I really enjoyed, but otherwise their college counseling IMO was awful. I did discuss with other parents, and basically if your kid isn't a recruited athlete, or at the very tippy top of the class, you're on your own. [/quote]

SSSAS parent here - this has not been our experience at all. However, I think there are 2 good ones, and 1 not so great.....[/quote]

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