Yeah, when I was that age I would have been thrilled to get to go off to live with my older sister - but I also wouldn’t have done a lick of work. The point is that kid kept going full speed on heavy workload plus heavy extracurricular, right through unusual circumstances. Clearly, he’s got better executive functioning than either of his parents! But it’s very helpful to have the feedback. Thank you.
I do think that school counselor intends to mention this in her letter, so maybe kid should just leave it blank.