A College Admissions Counselor’s Fall From Grace

The truth about many college admissions counselors

Since I am bound by legality, I am not able to disclose which colleges I have worked for in the past. Please don’t ask. It doesn’t matter anyway, my gut tells me that my experience will resonate across the board with many Admissions Counselors.

So, what is an Admissions Counselor? Well, that’s easy, right? Wouldn’t you think it is someone who counsels someone on entering college? Duh. That’s what I thought too. I even thought a Career Coach was someone who coaches others on their career choices. Boy, was I wrong.

I struggled in college (yeah I was the “undecided” student — they used to call it that at the school I attended as a freshman). How degrading right? I struggled with this from orientation until graduation. So, it was natural that I was pulled toward a career in, well, career counseling.

Long story short, after years of back and forth and uncertainty, I eventually graduated with a Master’s Degree with an emphasis on higher education. After the pain and agony of being an “undecided” student, I was ready to help other students in the same boat. They were the students that were tagged as indecisive because, at age 18, they had no idea what they wanted to be when they grew up (and just because I can’t keep typing without mentioning…