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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Original Poster here - not a troll at all.  Was asking an honest question.  Reason being, the College Counselor was all over the map.  Naviance is in a grey area.  And Im certainly not going to decide my child's entire future on a chat board - at the same time - I know there are people in the know here.  People with prior experience.  To those who took my question seriously, thank you.  A number of you really helped.  Its funny how people think an A- average is terrible these days.  Sheesh.[/quote]

So, non-troll OP, what did your school's counselor tell you?   Name the colleges.

Also, each big 3 has multiple counselors. Why don't you ask another one of the counselors for a second opinion. At my kid's big 3, parents are encouraged to talk with other counselors on staff, and not just the assigned counselor.

I smell a fake here. [/quote]

Counselors often don’t want to see a parent much junior year. Also- the college counselors have a huge work load - they spend a lot of time getting to know each student and their preferences, reviewing essay ideas, cataloging preferences, writing recommendations and getting the teachers to write them as well. At my kids’ private school your child is  assigned a college counselor and you don’t go see the other one, no. Some people clearly hire outside counselors but you don’t bother the other school counselors, no. [/quote]

LOL. This isn't true at all. Assuming we're talking Sidwell, gds and Cathedral schools,  all juniors should have assigned counselor and met multiple times.   The counselor's main job this spring is getting their 40 or 50 juniors ready to launch. And tell me which Big 3 counselors won't talk to parents other than the parents of assigned kids. [/quote]

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