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[quote=Anonymous]OP a couple of pieces of advice which may be
somewhat contradictory:

1) It's good to plan the 4yr trajectory of your kid's courses. Other PPs have explained why. You don't need to pick every elective, etc., but it's important to make sure that your kid is going to be on track to meet the relevant requirements for the school (or type of school) that s/he may want to apply to. If there are big OOS schools that might be in your orbit, look now since some (like the UCs) have specific requirements.

2) When it's time to research schools, there's TONS of data online. One of the big things that good college counselors do is help steer your kid toward the right batch of schools to apply to -- but you can do a lot of the legwork yourself using the Common Data Set, the enrolled student profiles, and other materials including naviance if your school makes that available to parents. Don't bother with the aggregator sites - they're often outdated or incomplete. Go direct to the source.

2) Recognize that the whole admissions process is in some flux right now - we've had two years of almost universal test-optional and MUCH higher numbers of applications to the higher tier schools. These are big changes, and they may change further by the time your kid is a HS. It's possible that applications will revert to their previous levels; it's also possible that test optional or test blind will become much more widespread. Take every bit of advice in the context in which it's offered - my kid's experience this year is very different than a kid only two years ago (now there are more apps overall, more early apps, more TO/TB, etc.)  So when someone tells you what 'worked' just remember that it may not be as relevant as they think!

And yes, chill out for the most part. It will all work out in the end.[/quote]

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