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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CA parent here, DC in private school. No parent I know is using an independent counselor. And no one is hiding it, namely because their kids couldn’t keep that quiet 😂

We don’t need someone else in the mix. Both of us parents are college grads who are more than knowledgeable in the process.

If you need a private counselor and have the $$ go for it but didn’t feel it was for us. [/quote]

same. VA parent, private school. no top kids use them. above average ones do, typically when the private school tells the parent at the end of sophomore meeting that their kid is not on track to be able to get in to UVA based on grades or rigor or both. 
there is a bit of funneling to push the best/brightest to the best path and encourage the average or above ones to not overload, no need for all AP/honors. Yet the top kids are told to take the hardest. Having a kid a little above average for the school, 1350, mostly honors, 7 APs total, finished with calc AB (middle math path of 5) then seeing how differently the top kids were cultivated and encouraged was surprising. had no clue there were kids taking very difficult APs in 10th grade who ended up with 7APs by the end of junior year, 12 total, until we had one get invited in 9th to be on an intense stem track leading to multivariable in 12th with 15 other kids. These same kids were almost always award winners, gov school nominees, Morehead/Belk/etc nominees. You think a 3.9 uw with 7APs must be great until you see there is a group taking almost an entirely different curriculum [/quote]

A lot of people think their kids are smartest and doing the best until they see the competition. [/quote]

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