I completely agree with the analysis in this comment, but just to give some context to OP’s situation, it is extremely unlikely that a guidance counselor at OP’s Texas public school has any idea about college admissions in California, or any state other than Texas (and even that isn’t a given). Indeed, speaking as a parent of kids attending a well-regarded public school in a relatively prosperous part of Texas, I feel very confident that my kids’ counselor does not know this and would not have the time or inclination to research it. Unless you are in one of a small handful of extremely affluent districts, there are typically just too many kids with too many other needs for high school counseling staffs to drill down on any particular student’s college search.
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