<p>i love my guidance counselor so much, shes encouraging and reassuring while still recommending that i challenge myself. its DEFINITELY worth getting close with your guidance counselor...i know i'm going to have a great recc from mine and while shes super-busy and has like 100-200 students, shes willing to spend an hour in the middle of the day if i have a free just talking about what colleges i want to go to.</p>