<p>Most Ivy Adcoms know the counselors at private schools and have read through numerous letters of recommendation from them to be able to discern if something is amiss. I was once told by a college counselor at a local private school that it isn’t what they say but rather what they don’t say that enables them to let the Adcoms know there is something they should be concerned about with a given applicant. </p>
<p>Let’s hope the previous school’s counselor is aware of that methodology.</p>