[max americana]

I still remember my classmates, 2 of them saying, they’re going to state and our lazy teacher said I’ll think about it’. When I said, I needed it for my Stanford application, he said he’ll give it to me the next day.

[Maine Mariner]

I see your point. That was my experience too both as a student and a professor. Many teachers and most high school counselors I suspect are really interested in help a few students get into the very selective schools.