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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Confused. Why should the school dictate how many apps? It’s up to you, isn’t it? [/quote]
They do it because they want kids to listen to their counseling and apply to the schools they actually have a chance of getting into.

Some parents are mad because they think Larla has a chance at certain schools and should apply even though the counselors know the kid isn't competitive. Those mean counselors don't understand with their years of experience and expertise that we pay five figures for every year.[/quote]

That is not why they do it. I went to prep school in the 80s and, different scene, but they did it back then, too. They do it so the top few of the class don't keep the others from getting in. They can't explain it that way because no college will ever admit to having a quote from Prep School Academy. not will the high school openly admit in this day and age to restricting your child's choices. But realistically speaking, top colleges know that they can reliably get x number of successful students per year from Prep School Academy. So the counselor doesn't want the strongest kid to take that spot at all the Ivies.

To give an example, I got into Harvard early back in the day but thought about applying to Yale and Princeton to see which I preferred. My counselor had a Frank conversation with me and said, I think you'll get in but you'll take your classmates's spots. Do you want to do that? Of course I said, no. I didn't want to do that and felt like a jerk for even thinking about my friends getting rejected so that I could have a choice.

There are so many things wrong with the way things used to work and, to a much lesser extent, still do work. But I don't have a problem with this one.[/quote]

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