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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. I'm just reading this and I'm really confused as to why parents at Sidwell would accept not having your own login to Naviance. And what's with students having to make appointments to meet with the counselors?!

My kid is a senior at Basis DC. There are about 50 seniors. They have a class each day with their college counselor (2 of them) when they get help with all stages of the application process from generating a list of schools to brainstorming their essays and writing and then editing them. My DC's counselor is a really helpful and competent person who knows what she's doing. She reviewed DC's scores and GPA and a questionnaire that DC completed about interests and school preferences, then met with DC and us for over an hour twice junior year to share her thoughts on the types of schools that should get included on DC's list. During the class senior year, the counselors had lots of school reps do Zoom presentations to the students. They also did things like encourage us to sign up for the CTCL sessions that spanned a few days and that was super helpful. Over the summer we had to do some travel, so in June I gave our itinerary to the counselor and she came up with a list of about a dozen schools that fit the criteria for DC and links to them. In the fall semester of senior year, she was available on weekends, especially those before the big filing deadlines. She was even available over the winter holidays for the kids and us parents. I felt bad about bothering her at night and on weekends at first, but then it became clear that she was happy to be of help. We had two formal meetings as a family with her that lasted over an hour each. But our email chains and phone conversations need their own folder in my email box because we have communicated multiple times each week during senior year. And of course, Basis DC gave all of us free access to Naviance so that we could do all the comparison between various schools of interest ourselves and make better use of the counselor's time when we did ask for guidance.

I really have a hard time believing that we got all this for free when people who pay top dollar at Sidwell don't. It's just so odd. Oh, and Basis DC does not limit how many schools the students can apply to. I had planned to hire someone to help with the application process, but it turned out that this wasn't necessary since the school provided so much support.[/quote]

But then again, your kid  had to attend BASIS. [/quote]

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