<p>I moved senior year and I’m applying to Stanford.
Their instructions for submitting ssr are as follows:</p>
<p>"If you will graduate from a school other than the one you attended last year (grade 11 in most cases) follow these steps:</p>
<li>Submit the Secondary School Report from to your college counselor.</li>
<li>Make a copy of the Secondary School Report and ask your former college counselor or principal to complete the form (if you feel they can offer additional information on your behalf.)"</li>
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<p>the bit in parentheses is what worries me. my old counselor isn’t exactly enamored of me and i’d rather not call her up at this stage. should i have her submit an ssr? is it to my disadvantage of she doesn’t? any other thoughts?</p>
<p>I think it is there to give you an opportunity to give a more complete picture of yourself. If your ex counselor didn't like you, it probably will be not helpful. However, Stanford may wonder why you are avoiding your old school. Tough call for sure.</p>
<p>Seems to me it doesn't have to be from your old counselor, but not having any info at all from anyone at the old school looks funny. How about recs from 11th grade teachers?</p>
<p>The recs and the secondary school reports are 2 different things.</p>
<p>It will be the counselor who will provide the transcript, the school profile, where the student fell in the ranking as well as an evaluation about the student. If the student doesnot get the information from the GC, I promise you that no one else at the school is going to gather it for him/her especially since the OP is a former student.</p>
<p>Before we start beating on counselors, frankly, with a couple of hundred kids, college admissions being just the small part of the day to day duties and all of the other stuff that counselors have on their plate, most counselors don't have the time to get "vengeful" on a student. </p>
<p>Most counselors are neutral and just report the facts; suspensions, allegations of cheating or other inappropriate behavior, if the student has difficulties whether they are academic , social or emotional. Perhaps there is something the student is not disclosing and the GC would be obligated to disclose.</p>
<p>The "if" to which I was referring is this one: "2. Make a copy of the Secondary School Report and ask your former college counselor or principal to complete the form (if you feel they can offer additional information on your behalf.)"</p>
<p>Apparently, OP doesn't feel the "vengeful counselor" can offer any additional information on his behalf. I think the entire thing is poorly written.</p>