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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM Wilson Parents - here is what you need to know:  at the beginning of junior year, hire a private college counselor, and take SAT/ACt prep. classes.  That will set you back about $3,000-$5,000 total - it will close any gaps between Wilson and expensive privates.   No, it is not cheap - unless you compare it to the $150,000 that private school would have cost you.

Signed -

Parent of a Wilson senior.

[/quote]sorry to say, but SAt prep needs to be done summer before junior year, or the psat is not going to vet your child to nmf consideration [/quote]

Who really cares about NMF consideration. It's a nice honor but it doesn't confer a lot else. [/quote]

First of all - as another Ivy alum, I call BS on the person's Wilson experience above. Second, DCPS's college counselor situation is very similar to other public schools - even in MoCo and in NoVa.  There parents often regularly are also paying for SAT prep classes etc.  If you are savvy about the college application process as parents and put the time in yourself, you don't need a college counselor - but one way or another, it does help to have some knowledge base of how it works and how to position your kid. On the flip side, you aren't in a pool like many of the privates where nearly 100% of the kids are applying to all of the same schools - and you paid $40K per year for the benefit of college counselors who end up often in a position of trying to explain that your kid is not one of the legacy or tippy top kids getting within that class getting into the Ivy slots.[/quote]

You sound like a helicopter mom to the extreme. “Position your kid”? Seriously? Isn’t this a process they should be owning themselves? Did you write the essays too?[/quote]

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