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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pardon the naive question, but what benefit does college counseling provide?

When I applied to colleges 30 years ago, I had no college counseling other than my parents - who both went to selective colleges. I read some guidebooks, did some college tours, and chose some places to apply. And now there's a lot more information available online. I could understand the need for counseling for kids whose parents didn't go to college, but those aren't generally the people who hire private college counseling. [/quote]

It reslly depends on the school. In general - there will be exceptions.

At big comprehensive high schools they have hundreds of students to support. So their role is limited to providing access to the Naviance platform showing where students w/X SAT/ACT and Y GPA have applied and been accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected in past; getting transcripts and teacher recommendations to colleges: preparing the 'class profile' data sheets (how many advanced classes the school offers; range of extra-curriculars available:  typical courseloads (how many students take 6+ APs etc( ; average test scores and GPAs for the current graduating class. Providing overviews of process, basics of financial aid, testing, and different application options (ED etc) at a big meeting for parents and students in junior of senior year. Sometimes run an optional essay writing workshop, or provide tips. Produce a counselor letter for each student; ask students to fill out forms highlighting their high school career to assist counselors with the letter.

Other schoosl with more capacity: all of the above plus: reach out and coordinate visits to the high school campus by the regional college reps; seek meeting for students interested in one of those particular colleges to meet with the rep 1:1 during those visits; all of the above; read essays and provide comments; manage workload of teacher recs (make sure none are overloaded and that each is high quality and fair); meet individually with parents and students to provide suggestions of colleges that may meet students' interests and feedback on schools the student has identified; more tracking and follow up on all pieces of the process; advice for finding outside scholarships and financial aid and scholarship information.

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