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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Private school counselors have their hand in their students’ applications.  Many are applying ED and counselors help identify these students while discouraging others.[/b]  They ask students not to talk!

Public school counselors have no such role. Everyone is for themselves. Kids share information freely - but too much IMO. It can be competitive and toxic, and better when info is kept private. [/quote]

Is this true? DH thinks this is the case but I was arguing not. Are the counselors really trying to steer students towards or away from various school? If so, why? What’s the harm in all students just applying where they want?[/quote]

The CC's at our kids school definitely did not steer, and I wish they had a little. IOW, the "duke" example up thread. If the CC's know there are 10 kids applying to school A and 5 of them are legacies and my kid is #11, don't encourage my kid to apply to school A when they expressed school B to be just as much desired in the ED process. Or at least be honest, "Larla, you expressed interest in schools A and B for Ed, just so you know, you have a lot of classmates looking at A and some of them are legacies, and your chances might be a little better at B, but it is still your choice."

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