<p>Ok i have a counselor who is pretty useless. She always tries to get me to talk to random admission ppl from random schools that she knows i have absolutely no interest in. Today she calls my parents(w/o asking me) and then calls me down to talk to a rep from North Carolina Central University. Then they proceed to tell me how they have notified my parents that North Carolina Central is prepared to offer a scholarship worth like 80k over 4 yrs. plus they'll give me a 500/semester stipend, pay for books, get me internships and a laptop... sounds good right. Well here is the bad part, I planned on majoring in either biochem or chemE. Well the college has no engineering school and the only life science they offer is biology which would basically require me to go 2 med school but NCCU isnt known as a good med school feeder. I told my counselor that i wasnt interested in any southern schools, well NCCU is in north carolina about 17 blocks from duke so i consider that pretty southern. Third problem... this school is terrible avg. gpa=2.6, avg act=16, and avg. sat is in the upper 800's. But anyway i get home and my parents start talking to me and they talk about how this is a good deal and i should really consider it and they really expect me to apply. That would be rational if i had serious money worries problem is that i dont have serious worries and my great grandfather is paying for most of my tuition that wont be covered by scholarships.... sooo basically this is a rant about how much i hate my darn counselor.....</p>
<p>I really don't get it. your counselor is trying to help and you are basically not thankful that your counselor is going great length to help you out? Your counselor basically found a school for you that was willing to pay the whole pricetag and everything and basically, she found a school that would guarentee your acceptance. SO Now, you are calling her useless for trying to help you. She's trying to help you, not trying to screw you over. She's trying to open up options just in case things go wrong. Who cares if she tries to get you to talk to random admission people from random schools. Overall, that is a great counselor, who goes great lengths to hook you up with a opportunity most people would dream about. Whatever. seriously. Complain about something complainable. This should be something you should celebrate.</p>
<p>^^ yeah rexrun i know what your saying...but then again...a good counselor should know what the student wants to do...and supposedly this school has no engineering school like terrybhs wants to pursue...what kind of counselor encourages a kid to go to a school that doesnt even have the program of study they want to do???/</p>
<p>and terry: lol i have a completely different counselor issue...she's great but she gives me a lecture on how bad american universities are and how i should change my mind about going to the US for uni (i'm in canada) :D lol....we have like 1 hour arguments at stretch about who's better canada or the US...and we usually end the discussion on the note of something like the war of 1812 or president bush...LMAO :D ....ahhhh guidance what would i do without you :p :p :D</p>
<p>yeah rex i think your missing the point... she is hooking me up with an opportunity that i dont need or want. I have told her repeatedly no southern schools and i want 2 major in biochem or chemE. This school goes against all of that and on top of that she calls my parents and tells them about this stuff w/o even talking to me first</p>
<p>Stop *****ing and whining. If you don't want a counsellor's help, tell them that.</p>
<p>urghhh tom u don't need to get so annoyed... :rolleyes::rolleyes: ....we're just talking about some expereinces we find annoying , not WHINING about anything :rolleyes: ... btw are u in toronto tom?? ...just curious because i know a Tom K. that goes to a school near mine who talks EXACTLY the same way as you did in your post^^ loll :D</p>
<p>Nope, I don't live in T-Dot.</p>
<p>Yes, I was rude. That's just the way I am. If you say something that ****es me off, I'm going to let you know.</p>
<p>lol ok ....and no worries about bein rude or anything...i guessss we do need some people like you in this world who tell us things on the face rather than being nice and polite about everything ....:)</p>
<p>Heh. Counselors can be *****es. I tried to get help filling out the CSS profile, and she asked "what school did you apply to?". i told her MIT, and she said "oh, how ironic, that you're applying to MIT and can't figure out how to fill a form..." i swear to god. -_- I don't like my counselors much... but I'm sure they'd be nicer if they had fewer students to look after.</p>
<p>at least your counselor knows your name</p>
<p>Crash_Blair : OUCH now that's just rude....wow my counselor's are goofy ...but never really THAT rude...lol..... today mine was asking me to buy her a plasma TV for christmas....i was like UHHHH DO YOU PROMISE ME SUPER AWESOME REC'S IN RETURN.. :D ...lol....guidance is like the chill-out place in my school...spend the whole time talking about random things and never getting much important stuff done...:rolleyes: :)</p>
<p>crashingwaves - lol wow yours doesnt know your name?....lets hope she doesnt write the wrong name on your recommendations :eek::rolleyes::D lol...that would be BAD</p>
<p>That's annoying terrybhs... I'm glad my counselor isn't like that. On the other hand, she's just helpful with filling out forms and stuff... not giving me information on or recommending actual colleges.</p>
<p>lol counselors at my school don't really know us beyond paper, if ya know what i mean. and the office is the stressout place, because it's more likely no one there can help you, or last left to lunch, or left early, or is in a meeting, or is crowded with 30 kids at once, whenever you need it most.</p>