{"id":229674,"date":"2026-06-10T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/ai-wont-replace-college-counselors-but-it-may-bring-their-best-skill-to-millions-of-students\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:00:22","slug":"ai-wont-replace-college-counselors-but-it-may-bring-their-best-skill-to-millions-of-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/ai-wont-replace-college-counselors-but-it-may-bring-their-best-skill-to-millions-of-students\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Won&#8217;t Replace College Counselors\u2014But It May Bring Their Best Skill To Millions Of Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/scottwhite\/2026\/06\/10\/ai-wont-replace-college-counselors-but-it-may-bring-their-best-skill-to-millions-of-students\/\">AI Won&#8217;t Replace College Counselors\u2014But It May Bring Their Best Skill To Millions Of Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/scottwhite\/2026\/06\/10\/ai-wont-replace-college-counselors-but-it-may-bring-their-best-skill-to-millions-of-students\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/scottwhite\/2026\/06\/10\/ai-wont-replace-college-counselors-but-it-may-bring-their-best-skill-to-millions-of-students\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-10 19:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.forbes.com\">www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Role of College Counselors<\/strong>: The most valuable aspect of college counseling is helping students discover and understand themselves, rather than just finding colleges for them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transition from Search Engine to Socratic Guide<\/strong>: AI tools transition from merely answering queries to becoming counselors who ask probing questions to guide self-discovery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identifying Patterns<\/strong>: Experienced counselors and AI can uncover underlying patterns in students\u2019 preferences, helping them identify what truly motivates their choices in a college.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guiding Essay Writing<\/strong>: AI can assist in constructing strong college essays by helping students identify unique traits and experiences that reveal their identity, instead of just listing accomplishments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Potential for AI in Counseling<\/strong>: AI can scale the valuable role of counselors by functioning as thoughtful interviewers, reflective listeners, and guides to self-discovery for students who might not afford private counseling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ultimate Goal of Counseling<\/strong>: The primary aim is for students to understand themselves well enough to find the right college that aligns with their true desires and personality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI Won&#8217;t Replace College Counselors\u2014But It May Bring Their Best Skill To Millions Of Students&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/6a29f66962bf3e896e932762\/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229676,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229674\/revisions\/229676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}