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<p>Teachers aren’t really the “I’m gonna screw over a Harvard student” type of people.</p>
<p>^I wouldn’t count on that.</p>
<p>Congrats to Diamond. I don’t think teachers who tried to sabotage would be taken seriously. Tell the GC (if and only if asked! Don’t do anything otherwise) that you might show them a copy of an acceptance if you get one. Keep it vague. I don’t think they can force you to turn over a document like that.</p>
<p><<^I wouldn’t count on that.>> I would. High school teachers want students who actually want to learn, and a Harvard student obviously went way beyond that. So if they want to slam him, they might as slam point of the existence of teachers.</p>
<p>^Lol, maybe you’re right and it’s just cynicism on my part. Maybe I have just seen a higher quotient of crackpot teachers? She has no reason to worry, actually.</p>
<p>Why do your schools even take your acceptance letters in the first place? You got into the colleges, not them…</p>
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<p>I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying something along those lines (not in a snarky way, of course). It doesn’t make sense to me why your HS would ask for any acceptance letter? The letter is addressed to yourself, after all. Personally if it were me I don’t like making a big deal of things so if they were planning on parading around an acceptance letter I would be really uncomfortable. Just let them know that you’d like to keep the letter private - unless there is some issue where your counselor doubts its veracity?</p>
<p>You could explain: “my parents have encouraged me to keep the status of my applications private until my acceptances are confirmed, and my final decisions are made. Thank you so much for your interest and support, I will update you with my information in early April.”</p>
<p>And: “if you have any other questions, please feel free to call my parents.”</p>
<p>Don’t give them the letter. They have no right to see it, hold it, goggle at it, or show it off–least of all show it off.</p>
<p>Of course they can ask but it’s your property. They have no *right *to it.</p>
<p>Many GCs work closely with top tier school adcoms. I would try to be inclusive just in case if Harvard should call the school to get additional information. I think there are a lot of twisted minds out here. Yes, the school may want to have some bragging rights, but I would think most people are genuinely happy for you. Some people may not believe it, but it does take a village to raise a child. I think it’s strange OP would think he got into Harvard all by himself. It is a bit ungrateful in my eyes - what about some of your teachers, coach, GC. Did you become so wonderful all by yourself?</p>
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<p>The other thing that comes to mind is that your GC can poison the rest of your apps, particularly if you attend a private school (who wants as many top 10 admits as is humanely possible). For example, P’ton calls with a question about Diamond’s transcript/rec/award, and the GC answers and adds: good luck with that cross-admit battle bcos Diamond was already received a LL from H…"</p>
<p>Pton thanks him/her, and Diamond is WLed. (The reason that a GC would let such a thing slip is to allow his/her #2 a better shot at Pton.)</p>
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<p>Absolutely, but in the end, the village is out for its continued existence, not necessarily the betterment of one individual. High Schools are a business and a GC has to balance policy, procedure, and work flow across all.</p>
<p>My opinion…I also think it’s YOURS. We didn’t find out until too late that, if one allows their SATs and ACTs to be reported to my D’s high school, they add them to the transcript and send them to colleges without our permission. So one can’t even “score choice” if they wanted too. Or select ACT versus SAT, etc. At least, if we’d KNOWN we had a choice, we might not have had them reported to the school. IN your case, while I’m sure your school has your best interest at heart…I really feel it’s NOT their information to have. I DO think it’s a legal issue. These days you can’t provide anyone with any information without their permission. Can the doctor send a copy of your diagnosis to your school, so your school knows you’re dealing with depression? Our school asks that the kids tell them where they were accepted or denied. And I bet they pressure them for the info if they don’t provide it. It’s not for any mysterious usage…they just like the data to track, tell future applicants how many kids from the school get into each college, what their internal acceptance rate is, etc. But it’s not their RIGHT to know. So I don’t think they should be able to demand a copy of your acceptance letters either. JMO. Who KNOWS if you want your information “splashed” (announced) all over school. That’s embarrasing for a lot of people. At my D’s school, they randomly announce when a kid gets a perfect SAT or ACT score during daily announcements. Again, I’m sure they think it’s nice, but maybe they could ASK first.</p>
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<p>Legally, they HAVE to ask. Otherwise, they are in clear violation of federal privacy laws. And some/many state privacy laws as well.</p>
<p>Oh…beretta beretta beretta. Methinks you just have not yet MET, or RECOGNIZED some teachers who DO sabotage. They’re only human and I’ve SEEN it happen. Out and out lying - to the detriment of the student - JUST to be “right” (when they aren’t). </p>
<p>Besides…to all…I don’t think it matters WHY a person might want the information kept confidential. They have the RIGHT, without having to explain it to anyone.</p>
<p>At my daughter’s school, GCs are notified when a student is admitted. Often they know even before a student does.</p>