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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One key aspect of private high school college counseling to understand is that they tend to meet a student where they are mid-way through junior year and find the “best fit” colleges for that student’s resume, versus working with a student to strategically build a resume starting freshman year. By the time you are meeting with them, it’s often too late to find out your child should have taken Alg 2 as a freshman, etc.  If you really want more strategic guidance, you may want to consider an outside college counselor.[/quote]

I’m the NCS PP and this is what I was getting at, only not as articulately. To hear “if only you had done xyz your application would be much stronger” halfway through junior year isn’t helpful. [/quote]

Yes so odd all the highschools seem to wait until junior year to do the college case studies evening (where students discuss the merits of example apps with college admissions officers). Would be helpful sooner when students could actually be motivated to get involved in more activities, try harder in school, etc. [/quote]

It's more than odd, it's stupid. Glenelg Country School does the case study exercise in the spring of 9th grade. They do it with both the students and the parents. This is the best time and way to do it.[/quote]

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