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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for all the input.  Parents of older kids at our school rave about the college application process.  The guidance counselors meet regularly with kids and have really helped a number of friends' kids identify some out of the ordinary good fits.  They have been really good at working with kids to get some amazing merit aid packages for several years running.  More than half the class was accepted to one public university in Virginia.  Several kids have been accepted into some pretty competitive schools since we have been there.  Obviously, the kids do the coursework and, yes, their families are involved in the process with their kids as I expect to be.  However, the guidance office certainly has demonstrated that the counselors have a heck of a lot more info than I could ever learn and I feel like they are a good counterpoint to parents.  Sometimes your kid will listen to someone else's advice more than yours.  I'd like to have some confidence in that advice and I'd like to have some sense that my counterpart knows our family a bit.  That is probably way too much to expect in public school is what my gut feeling is.

[b]One of the things I have valued the most at the school is its college guidance process.[/b]  Part of our decision to stay or go will be deciding if we can handle the college app process as a family and do as thorough a job.[/quote]

Why? Because you don't have time to help your kid or you think [b]GC has some secret magic tricks you don't know about?[/b] You looking for "hands-on" help? [/quote]

Seriously...

Public school guidance counselors have more work to do than to make sure that each snowflake is hand-guided through the college admissions process. They are probably far more qualified to work than any private school "guidance counselors".

I'd suggest that you stay with your private school if those are your expectations - why are you even considering leaving?[/quote]

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