<p>I would very much like to volunteer in my kids’ school guidance/college counseling office, because I don’t think some of the kids are getting very good advice! I’m not concerned about my own kids, because we’ve taken the responsibility to learn what we can on our own (thanks, CC). But I saw quite a few kids who should have been applying to more schools, to more selective schools, etc. So I don’t think a parent who does this is necessarily doing anything sneaky.
On the other hand, knowing information about other kids in the school might have some impact on a kids’ college list. Joey’s parents went to Stanford, and he got a 2370. Hmm. Maybe I won’t apply SCEA to Stanford. Seems like nobody is applying to Brown this year…hmmm…maybe I’ll apply to Brown.</p>