<p>@gibby: I think I know who you are talking about. Can you PM me her name, please?</p>
<p>@LovingHarvard: Sorry, but all of my connections start and end with my son and daughter’s high school college counselor (now retired) from Stuyvesant High School. She had that special kind of relationship with dozens of colleges across the country. Many colleges, including HYP and the like, allowed her to sit in on their deliberations (from other high schools, not her own) so she would know what specifics colleges were looking for. Colleges were in constant-contact with her asking: “Did I miss someone?” Everything I know about the college admissions process is due to her many years of service to the children of NYC public schools. I volunteered at the school and learned so much in the process.</p>
<p>Ok then. I work full time, no time to volunteer over here. From upstate… wonder if we had or still do have the same regional admission officer. Still doesn’t make sense as there are thousands of schools why limit themselves to asking the same HS GC over and over every year.</p>
<p>^^ Well, Stuyvesant is unique in that 29,000 8th graders from across the 5 boros of NYC sit for a 3-hour test, and the top 900 students that have the highest scores are admitted to Stuy, which has a lower acceptance rate then HYPSM et al. So, it’s a bit different (and more competitive) than your average high school further upstate.</p>
<p>I wish my high school counselors had those types of connections. Do colleges somewhat account for schools with lower success rates? I mean, obviously, going to a public school isn’t that advantageous, but would colleges look at schools that don’t have many (or any) admits and somewhat compensate for that? Like, think “Okay. Her school hasn’t had any X-school admits, but she seems to be in line for our school w/ out the resources of a magnet/or-like school.”</p>