Replacing Counselor with Principal on CommonApp? In'tl student in need of advice!

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<p>Hey all!</p>

<p>I go to a fairly large public school, and I do not have the best relationship with my counselor. We maybe talk to each other once or twice a year, and he is often very intimidating and annoyed. He just wants to make sure that you graduate, not apply for out of country schools. </p>

<p>However, my principal knows me very well and is willing to write me a reference letter. I heard I can replace the school counselor recommendation letter with a principal recommendation letter on the Common App. How does this work?</p>

<p>Do I:</p>

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<li>"Invite" my principal under "Guidance Counselor" to the common app?</li>
<li>Will my principal then fulfill the role of a GC? For example, uploading transcript as such? Or would she just write the reference letter and let the guidance counselor do the rest?</li>
</ol>

<p>Any help would be much appreciated!</p>

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<p>I got my Principal to write my letter of rank and sign some of my documents.
It should be fine.</p>

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<p>@Shivayan Would I just put her down as “counselor” or “other”??</p>

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<p>I am not familiar with Common app because TAMU doesn’t use it.
But other should be fine I guess.</p>