I want to discuss the behavior of my guidance counselor and want opinions on whether it is problematic or not. So as we all the know, the college application process is coming to an end - this process has been the most stressful one of my life, however, my guidance counselor did not help at all: she made me doubt myself several times, and she made the process even more stressful. To elaborate, I applied to approximately 11 schools: Columbia, UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Georgetown, University of Notre Dame, NYU, Emory, UVA, Baruch (CUNY safety), and Middlebury (I think I may be forgetting a few). Throughout the entire process, my guidance counselor said that I wouldn’t make it to any of the schools (except my safety) and that I could potentially be left to “hang dry” after the college admissions process. I tried to schedule meetings with her during the year, but she was always too busy to see me. I asked to meet with her five times and all five times she couldn’t meet me. Recently, I got my college results! I like to think that I accomplished a lot! I got accepted into every school except Columbia, UPenn, and Brown, and U Notre Dame. I got waitlisted by the three Ivies and rejected by Notre Dame. After I started sharing the news of my acceptances, my guidance counselor began to be friendlier with me and say things like “I always knew you would accomplish great things!” Her sheer hypocrisy makes me SO mad; she didn’t believe in me at the beginning of the process, now that I have something to “show for it” she does? Where was all of this support when I needed it most, when I was suffering so badly from my anxiety? I know that a person shouldn’t have high hopes, but she had NO confidence in my whatsoever. I honestly want to ignore her for the rest of the year, because each time she acts nice to me now it seems so superficial. This was pretty much a rant, but I would like the opinions of other people on this as well.
People do this all the time. It sucks, but it’s better to just move on. You are going to a great college, and will likely never see this guidance councillor again. Just be happy you got great acceptances, and don’t let anything that happened along the way drag you down.
Congratulations on your accomplishments, by the way! 
Hold up, hold up, hold up!
How do you get waitlisted by IVY LEAGUE, but get REJECTED from a school that is less prestigious???
I think she may have been using that to motivate you. By saying you can’t do it, she may have inadvertently inspired you to work harder so that you can prove her wrong.
Waitlist can mean different things.