<p>I have a huge problem regarding my Guidance Counselor Rec. First of all, she did tell me that she wrote very strong recommendations to my colleges. I am applying to some top schools such as Uchicago, Barnard, Smith, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and other schools such as Umass, USC, Tulane, DePaul. I have taken around a total of 17 honors level classes, 8 regular (mostly math, and this also includes regular required gym and computers, and health), and I have taken 1 AP (world history). On the guidance counselor rec form, as the college asks the GC to label which best describes the applicants course load, my GC said to me that she marked off AVERAGE! I do not think that my course load is average at all. It is not the most demanding, since I have not taken all AP's, yet I do not understand why my course load is deemed average by her. Everyone else (friends, ect) think my course load is anything but average. What will these colleges think? I know they will see the courses I have taken and they can make their own decision, but I am very scared. Colleges do not want applicants who are labeled to have "average" course load. I would think "average" would mean all standard college prep courses, and that below average would be all CP and integrated. What am I to do?!</p>
<p>That’s unfortunate. The form is really poorly structured… the fact that it just asks how many APs/Honors are taken compared to how many are offered is unfair, since at least at my school you usually have to take a class in honors to move on to AP of that subject, meaning that it is impossible to take close all of APs available. And I would hope that the colleges recognize that a counselor at a big public school with thousands of students is not going to know the “intellectual curiosity” of one particular kid.</p>
<p>But there is really nothing you can do… that was pretty ****** of her…</p>
<p>thanks for you post :). Do you this that this will negatively impact me? Do you think the colleges would agree my courseload was “average”?</p>