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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We hired our own counselor from 10th grade. Totally worth it.[/quote]

What did the counselor do that the Basis counselors did not? The fact that they have 2 college counselors for fewer than 100 students already seems like a lot to me. In comparison, when I was in HS at a school in a rich suburb where most kids applied to competitive schools, I still talked to my guidance counselor for only 10 minutes in 4 years. I know that things have changed in 30 years, but I am curious as to how additional counseling would help.[/quote]

The independent counselor advised us on building a competitive EC CV for our kid over a 2-year period, mainly by steering us to various regional and national competitions in which our student could shine that we hadn't known about. The counselor convinced us to sign up for a Cambridge Intl Spanish A-Level exam given in Nov of sr year, after a month-long immersion summer camp, rather than having the kid take AP Spanish along with several other APs in spring of jr year as BASIS had advised. Kid scored high on the A-Level, which emphasized speaking and listening (much more comprehensive and tougher exam than AP Spanish). The counselor convinced us to have the kid retake two APs at a different school (kid scored 5s the second time round). Finally, the counselor edited and advised on essay writing more thoroughly than the BASIS counselors and helped us finalize a better college list, aiming higher overall. Worth the dough.[/quote]

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