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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our public school is doing a good job encouraging kids to go to college, esp if low income or first in their family. They are not focussed on Ivies, SLACs, or more competitive schools. For example, they are very encouraging of SAT and ACT prep but never mentioned SAT subject matter tests, which I learned about from college confidential. The school does not have an established relationship or, apparently, many students who even apply to those schools. Appreciate suggestions about how to educate ourselves or what else we might be missing. DC is in 9th grade, so just starting to try to understand the current admissions system. [/quote]
College Confidential is a great resource. I am an immigrant and did not attend college in this country, yet I think we did OK when DC1 graduated high school. 
Naviance is another great resource for finding the colleges that would be a match for your kid's GPA and SAT/ACT. It is a system that school maintains for tracking these parameters, where students apply, and whether they are admitted, waitlisted or denied. Students all have accounts, and parents can request one (this is how it works in FCPS).
Do not rely on the GC: in low-income schools a lot of their workload is dealing with the kids' ongoing issues, not college admissions. My DC's school was not low-income, but the GC still sucked  :x 
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