<p>does my counselor/teachers know which schools i got accepted to or denied from?</p>
<p>I believe high schools wouldn't be informed. My school announces who was accepted where every morning only if those students bring their acceptance letters to their counselors.</p>
<p>"I believe high schools wouldn't be informed. My school announces who was accepted where every morning only if those students bring their acceptance or denial letter to their counselors."</p>
<p>I think that is a really cool idea!</p>
<p>That's a Great Idea. But somehow my school knows where every kid is going. Puzzling.</p>
<p>you are joking, they announce it over the intercom...that is just too bizarre</p>
<p>AY8888 - if you attend a private prep school, it is possible that the college counselor finds out that information because s/he has a relationship with the schools students apply to. For your garden variety public high school, the only way the school will find out is if the students choose to tell them.</p>
<p>Well they don't randomly go 'this kid was accpeted to this college!' They announce it when they announce daily bulletin. If you don't believe me, PM me so I can give you my high school's website. They post their daily bulletin there.</p>
<p>It depends on the school; some of the colleges I applied to notified my high school.</p>
<p>I believe you, I have just never heard of that before..that is why i said "bizarre" AND they put it out on the web? wow, just wow</p>
<p>Sometimes a school will send a postcard to the school or teacher. Knox informed the school about an accepted student and so do a few local private colleges. I know a student's teacher who got a postcard telling her that the student she recommended was accepted.</p>
<p>in my school they do it for only the most prestigious schools.</p>
<p>My son isn't even a full-time student at the high school (he's a homeschooler) and it's just a regular public high school in a rural area, and somehow they knew about his ED acceptance without him telling them. We're still trying to figure that out. The guidance counselors weren't even involved in his application/school report, since they won't do them for homeschoolers. The high school did nothing but send his transcript per my request.</p>
<p>A teacher came up to congratulate him and he asked how the teacher knew. He said, "Oh, there's a list in the counseling office with all the acceptances."</p>
<p>in my school they do it for only the most prestigious schools.
Oh man, that's just awful! How can they justify that?</p>
<p>It's a choice people. If you do not give a copy of your acceptance letter to your counselor, no one knows anything. I think it's something that our students are proud of.</p>
<p>@Senluck</p>
<p>It's the same way at my school. Seniors are encouraged (but not required) to bring in their acceptance letters. All those who do, are congratulated during daily bulletins over the intercom. They announce all schools not just certain ones, but they never announce scholarships or awards. No one has a problem with this and most seniors participate. Actually, its a school tradition.</p>
<p>Interesting...kind of tacky, but interesting</p>
<p>Tacky? Interesting choice of words.</p>
<p>also sets up applying just to get in syndrome...which a lot of people do...feeding the frenzy of applications run amok</p>
<p>yeah, what's tacky to some is fine for others, I personally find it a tacky practice</p>
<p>I never liked it when my Ds middle school printed where kids where going to HS, and said so...and my Ds name was taken out...she was going to the school many had wanted to go to, but I and she felt it was just strange for all to see...</p>
<p>sta800, yes, I guess I can say it's tradition in my school as well - probably the reason no one thinks it's strange or tacky.</p>
<p>citygirlsmom, I understand how you think it's bizarre. I probably would have thought so (or not, who knows) if it wasn't for our tradition.</p>
<p>not all "traditions" are worth keeping...</p>
<p>our Ds middle school does an opera, basically lip syncing to real singers...its stupid, and we are the only school that does it...wonder why...but its "tradition"</p>