why independent counseling?

“I didn’t work with an independent counselor when I applied to college, why are so many students working with independent counselors now?”

As applying to college becomes increasingly competitive, the application can be the one element that sets a student apart.  This attention to detail takes time, a limited commodity for most in-house high school counselors.  According to NACAC, the typical secondary school counselor is only able to dedicate about 26% of her time on college counseling.  And this limited time is often split amongst many students.  According to data from the US Department of Education, in 2008-2009, the average secondary school student to counselor ratio nationally was 261:1.  Even private college counselors who can dedicate an average of 54% of time to the college admission process, are challenged to meet a student’s day-to-day needs. 

At Mosaic College Prep, we believe that an independent counselor’s job is not to replace the work of an in-house high school counselor, but to supplement it.  Limited volume and narrower work responsibilities means that the independent counselor can often give more focused counsel to a student than his high school counselor can. 

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