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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question for those using the service.. We have a situation where DC failed a subject in the first semester and has since moved down to a lower-level course. We didn't have a choice in the matter and the school has reported that to all schools. We need to write a letter to to the schools informing them about it. Will SH help with questions like this or is it specific to admissions and college selection only?[/quote]

As I wrote earlier, these kinds of questions highlight the problem with SH FB group.

To answer your question, they need to know the full context to respond appropriately. So you have to post all your course work, grades because need to see if there is a pattern, find level of rigor at your HS, what extracurriculars were there that might mitigate/help, major -because if course is tied to major that is even bigger problem, etc. You need to provide all this every time you have a question. The response even then would be fairly generic.

Or you could take any reasonable admissions consultant, ask for half hour or one hour consultation and by the end they would have come up with a plan and drafted the letter for you.

SH Facebook group is just a huge privacy risk. I can think of half a dozen ways to collect and misuse that kind of data. You are posting your kids real last name, first name, courses, extracurriculars, awards, any issues, everything is out there for anyone to collect that data.

At that time we knew two families from our school were on SH facebook site. We knew everything about those kids, schools they have shortlisted, what their top preference is, major, what kind of essays they are going to write, etc. It seemed unreal that parents would share that kind of info there. [/quote]

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