Some days ago, we wrote about how President Biden’s staff touted on social media that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s high school counselor discouraged her from applying to Harvard. Judge Brown Jackson, who has since earned both a Harvard undergraduate degree and a Harvard Law degree, is now a nominee to …
It’s a relatively new phenomenon but it’s spreading fast at elite prep schools across the land: some high school counselors are refusing to advocate for their students in their charge at the colleges to which they apply. And what’s their rationale? They essentially argue, in the spirit of equity, that …
There are school counselors out there who are filled with misinformation with respect to the college admissions process. This has always been the case. After all, not all school counselors and guidance counselors are experts on the highly selective college admissions process. In fact, most are not. Over the years, …
We got a great email from a school counselor at James Madison High School in Virginia. In her thoughtful message, she mentioned that she’s a regular reader of our college admissions blog and uses our website as a great resource. That always makes us happy. She also made a request, …
