<p>Having a wonderful GC would have been helpful, but this year, as a senior I had a GC new to the district and quite possibly new to the job (she seemed in her early 20s). Prior to that I had one or two; they didn't even speak to me until my junior year where my GC called me into her office with another girl, gave me a file folder with scholarship info and in-state college info, read parts of it to me, and sent me away.</p>
<p>Similarly, senior year she had one talk with me where she asked where I intended on applying, I told her I had filled out first parts of applications to Rice and MIT, she looked at my GPA and class rank, then handed me another folder of info. Later, when I needed her to write recommendations, I gave her a resume and filled out a questionaire she provided about my interests. The one time I had a question, she sent me to a different GC.</p>
<p>If you or your son is wililng to research everything that needs to be, you should be fine. I suppose having more personal interaction with my counselor would have been better, but with 5 GCs in a school of 2500, she didn't need me in her office keeping her from writing recs that needed to be written. I suppose my mom somewhat acted like a GC, researching possible schools and bothering me about deadlines.</p>