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[quote=Anonymous]I am a college counselor at an independent school. Two things:

- I would bet money that the counselor is encouraging an ED app to W&M. The mom may come back on here and say no so as not to out her son, but I'm pretty convinced for a variety of reasons that this is the case.

-I have worked at 3 different independent schools and have never once had access to a student's admissions application. If someone had an anglicized last name, looked white, and did not inform me otherwise, I would have no idea that they were another race. Checking "Hispanic" on the admissions application (that may have been from 13 years ago) has no bearing on my own assumptions because I wouldn't have access to it.

-Some of the "myths" about college counselors and college counseling in general, here, are just dumb. News flash: even if I hated your kid on a personal level, I still work my ass off to get them in to the best school possible because it makes me look good. And the idea that "everyone got into their top choice" with a crappy matriculations list is somehow better than an excellent matriculations list is just stupid.

-This student does not sound that special and as a pp mentioned, the very top schools are a reach for every single person in the country, no matter how good their scores and qualifications. For some schools, even highly competitive ones, I can look at a student's applicTion and pretty definitively say that yes they will get in and no they will not, mostly based on numbers. You CANNOT do this with hypsm etc. You just can't![/quote]

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