<p>Public school. 3 counselors for 800 students, 189 seniors. Grades 9-11 are split between two counselors. Third counselor works with seniors only. D's counselor seems easy to work with so far, but I haven't figured out how the senior counselor is supposed to get to know her, since she won't see her until she's a senior.</p>
<p>1 counselor for about 150-200 students, pretty small school though</p>
<p>Private...7ish for about 135 seniors. 6 of them have between 5-15 people each, and the 7th one, whose full time job is college counseling, takes the rest.</p>
<p>At Lakeside (Bill Gate's old school) I hear it's 1 for 10.</p>
<p>Private. One official guidance counselor for about 130 highschool students. But he has two other people helping him out as well. And considering that you don't get any guidance during the first two years of HS, I guess it's kinda like 3 for 65 juniors and seniors. But these teachers do more than just guidance. That's just one of their jobs. And all of us know them for one reason or another. I guess it works because it's a small school.</p>
<p>4 for 234.....1:58.5</p>
<p>My daughter received a letter confirming receipt of her application from one of her colleges. It suggests what they think the role of the college counselor's letter may be (although if one is applying to the super-selective colleges it may be different). It also suggests why the ratio, at least in public schools, may not be that important. The letter reminded her what else is needed for the application to be complete and ready for evaluation.</p>
<p>"A completed application includes...and a personal recommendation from your guidance counselor who can attest to your current academic achievement and status."</p>
<p>It sounds like all that this college is expecting from the guidance counselor's letter is verification of the student's enrollment and grades and not much more. Now, whether the parents and students expect the counselor to provide actual guidance and insight into the college application process is another matter.</p>
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At Lakeside (Bill Gate's old school) I hear it's 1 for 10.
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Hah! Despite the favorable sounding ratio, they obviously did a poor job of matching Gates with a college, since he dropped out and never finished. With proper counseling and the right school he might have made something of himself. ;)</p>
<p>At my D's school it's 5 counselors for 2400 kids, but one works only with "at risk" kids. This is a suburban public school where more than 90% go to 4 year colleges. D's counselor was new last year, and they met for the first time when counselor gave her the NMSF packet. Meeting was less than 5 minutes and she had never heard of 2 of the schools on D's list. Good thing we've got CC!</p>
<p>My school has a bunch of small learning cmmunitties, aside from the magnets. Its been slightly successful so far with the regular school and slightly bridging the racial achivement gaps that are huge at our school. Nonethelless, its too early to see.</p>
<p>But anyway, we have about 2500 kids and about 10 counselors.</p>
<p>public 1:50</p>
<p>private 1:45</p>
<p>public 1:300</p>
<p>One counselor for all 300 students at my school.. It's okay, I guess, cause the senior class is only 90 students.. 60 of whom go to the local community college, or less.. But with a 3.4 GPA and 31 ACT, he told me I'll have to choose between my schools (Dartmouth, NYU, Swat)... He actually thinks I'll get into all of them! x_x;</p>
<p>If you think collegebound seniors to counselors, the ratio in my school is 20:1. But thinking that I'm the only one that needs serios counseling (everybody else is staying on this side of the atlantic) it's 1:1 :D </p>
<p>I see my counselor almost evey week for about an hour, and I'm a junior! At least my recommendation will be personal</p>
<p>its about 1:200 for my public school, but my counselor knew me very well</p>
<p>Public: 1:25</p>
<p>Private - 1:30 (senior). My D sees her counselor a couple times a week and I am able to reach the counselor whenever necessary.</p>
<p>1 Counselor for roughly 600 students.</p>
<p>public:</p>
<p>3 counselors for 48 seniors</p>