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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you are right that some (really just one or two) posts have been out of line. I would be angry too. But I also think you are resistant to the message that is pretty much the consensus of this thread, that your child is unlikely to be admitted to one of the top schools and that there isn't some kind of nefarious motive on the part of the guidance counselor. There is no question in my mind that he or she is delivering the same lesson to many a WASP family, with similar grades.  Top 5% and certainly top 10% of the class isn't enough to get into these schools without an strong talent of some kind and your DC doesn't have that. THats the reality.

But clearly your DC should not apply ED to a school he doesn't want to attend, though its difficult to tease out what you want from what he wants. You only apply ED if you are absolutely certain..

So the answer is obvious -- don't apply ED. He should apply to a variety of schools INCLUDING one or two reaches, though don't get your hopes up. Make sure there are some realistic schools in the mix as well.

And try to take your chip off your shoulder. It is very difficult to have your child attend these schools if you aren't wealthy. I can see why you were suspicious. But now that you;ve done a reality check you should back off. In this case, there really doesn't seem to be anything amiss.[/quote]

And I disagree with you. A college counselor that is [b]NOT encouraging an URM,[/b] with very good grades at a competitive school, and very decent SAT scores, to reach for top 10 schools is doing a bad job, for whatever reason that may be.  Reread the OP - the counselor is pushing a middling public school ED, or schools in the 15-25 range.  That all seems fine and well for safeties, but to completely ignore reach schools?  Why?  Also no evidence that the counselor is working to ferret out the schools that might be looking for the OP's kid and offer a lot of aid. [/quote]

OP, could you please clarify if your DC's counselor KNOWS your DC is an URM?  Also, was this the first and only interaction you have had with this counselor?  [/quote]

If the counselor is not affirmatively asking whether the students are URMs, he's not doing a very good job. But agreed, the counselor needs to be made aware if he hasn't figured it out. (Which I think is unlikely.)[/quote]

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