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[quote=Anonymous]Counselor letter is required because the counselor typically puts in big-picture material.  Did your kid take more AP classes than is typical at the school?  Did they take the most rigorous path or shortcuts?  (For instance, in our school there are a couple of classes that are known to be just as challenging as APs but they don't have the AP label.  The counselor can point these out.)

So it's not very personalized, but it does provide the data that a teacher might not.

I also heard from a friend whose kid is at TJ in Virginia that the counselor basically asks the parent to write the personal part of the letter.  The friend said she was sure that all schools did that (I've no idea, since my oldest is just a rising junior).  To me, that seems like just another way for certain profiles of kids to get an edge over others.  If parents are engaged/educated enough to write a great letter, surely those letters end up better than the those in which parents didn't submit any info or did a very cursory job.[/quote]

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