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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a Sidwell parent. My kids go to a different private school. We were less than impressed by our college counseling as well. In hindsight I realize what someone else already mentioned. The school college counselors don’t really care about your individual kid. They are trying to get the best results for the school. What they want sometimes works in your favor and sometimes against it. Advice for future parents - Do your own research. [b]Hire a private counselor who is your kid’s advocate. [/b]Listen to your school counselor but keep in mind that sometimes you need to ignore their advice. No one cares about your kids applications as much as you and your kid.[/quote]

Private counselors are not calling colleges on your kids behalf. As such, what do you mean by the bolded?[/quote]

I agree that private counselors are not calling colleges on your behalf. I mean they will help you make a list that is 100% focused on what is best for your child. They won’t discourage your kid from applying to a particular school because it is the first choice of a VIP’s kid. [/quote]

Sidwell CCO's don't dissuade a student from applying anywhere. If you look at the top of the thread, there were a lot of complaints that "they allowed" 15 seniors to apply to Brown ED. So which is it, they should be dissuading kids or they shouldn't be?

See? Its a no-win.[/quote]

When someone gave the MIT hypothetical a few pages ago, the response was that the CCO would need to tell the girl that she had virtually no chance at MIT and look at other schools that might be consistent with her interests. And the response by many was "they do this." That would be dissuading (which they should do when appropriate), not prohibiting (which they should not do). Unfortunately the fact is that they did not dissuade any of the seniors who applied ED to Brown. There are [b]some of those 15 who now wish they had been dissuaded[/b] and had applied ED somewhere they might have had a better shot.[/quote]

But if they were dissuaded and did not apply, they will always think they might have a chance.  [/quote]

So what?  I "might have had a chance" to marry Brad Pitt if I'd met him between marriages.  Is that how you live your life?  What ifs?[/quote]

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