<p>I am back and glad that my thread is thriving. Just to to weigh in on this debate: public vs private… My intention was not to elevate one above another as there are way too many angles to consider rather to suppose what an adcom might be thinking while looking at our transcript. We have not had even a part-time GC for a few years, and no, nobody acts as a GC. Students (and parents) are supposed to fend for themselves. Sometimes we would have one of those private counselors come in and give a generic lecture but as you might guess, they could not go into details. Besides giving an overview of the main process, they are not helpful much. since they do not know my child.
We love our school and chose it because my children feel like they are part of a close knit family. The school budget is tiny, hence no money for GC. To tell the truth, CC community is our GC.</p>