Just to piggyback a bit on @socaldad2002’s advice, I’ll add that our school gcs are very attuned to what kids need to do to get into the UC, CSU, and community college systems, but not as knowledgable about what it takes to get into highly selective private schools. For instance, when my oldest was a sophomore, they apparently allowed sophomores to take the PSAT with juniors but it wasn’t highly publicized and parents kind of had to be in the know to sign their kids up to do that (they’ve since changed and now all of the sophomores take it along with the juniors). They also don’t put much energy into telling people about the SAT subject tests.