<p>when i first went to her in Jan., every school i told her im applyin to she said "You should get in"</p>
<p>Now, she's throwin me all these no-name schools and basically said :there always community college, but you should get accepted to at least 1.</p>
<p>After a rejection and this convo with my GC, im really terrified about my future.</p>
<p>Before, U of Central Florida was my saftey, now its sort of a reach because this girl at my school who was way more qualified than me got rejected.</p>
<p>my GC said, UCF had a very competive application year, but just a couple of months ago, "You'll most likely get in". I like her, but she's really scaring the hell out of me.</p>
<p>Your guidance counselor isn't so good. I don't really talk to my school GC, it's a HUGE school and I haven't needed to talk to him very often. But my ind. GC is pretty good. She's really expensive, but it's so worth it to have someone help me out with what to do to maximize my chances.
Don't worry about UCF. Admissions are random. They may like one person with what looks like a weak application, and not like a perfect, overachiever type. Who knows what they're looking for? DOn't give up hope! And hate to be a downer, but there IS always community college.</p>
<p>I don't trust my GC's because they, in short, ARE ***IN STUPID!!!!!</p>
<p>I took Alg II freshman year and like all people I was getting my schedule for 10th. The lady said it "was impossible for my to have taken Algebra II in 9th" and that "I can't enroll in pre-cal, AP Chem, and AP Comp Sci." I turned my schedule to the head counsler the way I wanted it telling her to approve my schedule and not to tell me any of the "it is too early" crap. </p>
<p>I ignored em till this year. I then went asking for some college info (i.e. SAT II's required) and........ THEY DIDN'T KNOW *** AN SAT II WAS!!! So I tell her to look it up on Princeton and she puts</p>
<p>Prinzton IN THE GOD DAMN SEARCH ENGINE</p>
<p>I told her flat out, I'm not having you write my letter of rec and went to another counsler who I knew well. Basically, don't rely on them unless you know yours is good.</p>
<p>my guidance counselor is the greatest. she's helped out with the whole application process with advice, deadlines, etc. maybe it also helps to go to a school where the teachers/faculty/gc's actually do what they're supposed to do, and then some..</p>
<p>I have a problem with my GPA. Some of my classes are ranked lower one semester--an anomaly, not just something everyone has.</p>
<p>I noticed this in my freshman year. I asked my guidance counselor to fix it. She said she would.</p>
<p>Midyear as a sophomore. Problem still there. Ask GC to fix it again. Same response. Problem persists at end of year. I ask my GC and another to fix it. One fiddles with something on the computer, say's it's fixed.</p>
<p>Junior year midyear report. No change. I'm kinda worried now.</p>
<p>my guidance counselor is the best....she is soo nice....she helps me out with everything....when i have trouble in classes....she talks to the teachers for me.....my guidance counselor calls colleges up for me and gives them a good word for me.....she is the best....I LOVE MY GC</p>
<p>I go to a normally sized highschool (800 kids) and my GC is a complete idiot.</p>
<p>She called me in once to talk about colleges and asked where I wanted to go. I told her Stanford and she was like "Oh! Well have you thought about any SUNY (State University of NY) schools? They're really good!" SUNY schools are notoriously bad party schools, nowhere close to the same league as Stanford and the other schools I'm applying to. I didn't do all that I did just to go to some subpar state school.</p>
<p>I think she followed that stupid line with "How's everything at home? Are your parents fighting or thinking about getting a divorce?" I have ZERO idea of where this came from. My parents never fight, and aren't getting divorced (no offense to anyone with family problems of course). It has nothing to do with school either. It was so random and uncalled for, even if I did have a problem like that I wouldn't get my GC involved.</p>
<p>On another note, I was at a Rotary meeting once and was sitting with the Superintendant and discussing my after-highschool plans. I mentioned Stanford and she was like "Noooo, you don't want to go to one of those LIBERAL schools." <em>Rolls eyes</em> Jeeze, A) There are a ton of schools a lot more liberal than Stanford B) I am decently liberal C) Not everyone is a narrowminded conservative like you.</p>
<p>My GC is reliable, but he only knows about our very immediate region. He didn't really help me at all with applications and knowing what needs to be done. Also I'm probably the only student in my class that took the SAT. (Yes, we are in the mid-west.) He said I didn't need to take it. I don't know if he knew exactly what SAT II's were until I mentioned them.</p>
<p>okay....MY GC.....he's a nice guy..will do things on time ....he writes the letters and seals everything up and we just mail the envelopes ourselves......although he doesn't have a good idea abt how colleges evaluate stuff......so can't take any advice from him reg. 'what are my chances' ......otherwise he's fine</p>
<p>our guidance counselor has outrageous deadlines
is never there
forgets to send in stuff
and even told girls dont waste their time or their parents money
i can stand her though</p>
<p>No. My son's GC is so sucky, I can't even begin to convey it. They are making the students take a class she is "teaching" this year, "College Prep". For the class, she made students read outloud to each other, because she says that it's a valuable college skill. When my son was in the middle of his application for Stanford, she told him that she thought he was putting too much emphasis on his college app, and not enough on her class.</p>