<p>
You don’t need anything form a GC in order to apply to a college. It’s nice if they write a rec letter but it’s not essential. Regarding the transcripts, it’s been my experience this is something handled by admin staff at the HS, not the GC, and the admin staff have no say in it either other than possibly to charge you a fee for sending more than a certain number of transcripts.</p>
<p>Apply where you want regardless of what this GC says. Just based on a couple of your comments here I wouldn’t trust this GC at all. The GC should never say not to apply someplace without right away giving you a reason. The GC also shouldn’t try to manipulate where the students are applying based on whatever their potentially flawed idea is of where every student ‘should be’. A lot of HS GCs really aren’t all that swift or knowledgeable and I’d take what they say with a grain of salt - especially this one.</p>