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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our counselor said he can make calls but they don't generally matter. He said this is more and more true as the people he calls are people he doesn't know very well or really at all.There was a time when a regional AO was on a territory for a long time and really got to know a school and counselor. Now they'e on for maybe two years.[b] Common for our school to meet the regional AO for the first (and sometimes only) time when he/she comes to the school. [/b]These jobs are super underpaid.  Apparently one could jump the ladder to the dean of admissions, but our head counselor only does that in the off season if no-one  got into Stanford or something.

He's been a head counselor for a v long time at a well known private.

I also know there is one teacher's recommendation at our school that is very influential. One my kids was assigned to the the head counselor one year and I asked why that seemed to be and he said by that point the application is in the room and is being discussed, the dean may ask if any kids out of this pile had a recommendation from x teacher (he only writes two per year). If so, that kid usually gets in. Again, a teacher who has been with the school over 35 years.

[/quote] Hopefully the school counselors are taking the opportunity to market the top candidates from the school when the regional reps come to school and the kids are in the room. Any and all opportunities should be taken. [/quote]

You guys have no idea how this works. Hysterical…This does not happen.

However, kids who really want to go to a certain school and have very pushy parents or a very organized outside counselor will make sure the kid has a few bullet points or strategic questions to ask the counselor and to drop their name. And follow it up with an email. Obviously all questions should not be easily Googleable

P.S. The teacher recommendation thing though is real. If you are at a highly selective private, or a public with a very very well-known teacher (ask senior parents), it behooves you to figure out who’s getting those recs… you don’t want your kid applying to any school where that kid applies with that recommendation.
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You haven’t read “Creating a Class.” It does happen at some places. Definitely not at my public school and probably decreasingly. [/quote]

You're citing a text from 2007? The admissions process has changed significantly. Things that mattered in the past carry no weight now. [/quote]

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