Maybe it’s me, but my kids chose their classes, 100%. They chose what schools to apply to, they completed their applications themselves (I haven’t seen a college application since mine, and have 4 college graduates, 1 more in May). Did they always make the best choices? No. I had some kids who were overachievers, some not so much. I have 1 with 9 AP 5’s, 1 who never got more than a 2 on an AP exam (never studied for them). We were pretty hands off.