<p>Wished I’d realized how bad the counselors were in giving guidance for college. Thank god for cc. Without the forum I would have felt I was constantly behind figuring things out. </p>
<p>For example, from cc I had my son start filling in the common ap right after it came out in August before school started, before he got busy with classes. Would have been nice if the counselors suggested kids start checking out the common ap during the summer when they left in June so they could become familiar with it instead of students scrambling to figure it out while writing their essays and EC lists in the fall. </p>
<p>The list is endless of all the things they did right before deadlines.</p>