Alternative Options Weren't Mentioned in High School (now I'm a little mad)

[TrailRunr]

Even with traditional education, guidance counselors and other related folks like test coordinators are terrible, lack sufficient knowledge, and often give wrong advice. I'm sure the testing coordinator thought the site policy to refuse homeschoolers was AP policy when it's not. I agree they just don't know. I don't believe they're out to sabotage us deliberately. The corollary is that if you want your education plan done right, you probably need to do it yourself and not rely too much on institutional help. Places like forums, Facebook groups, reddit, and the specific verbiage in the college catalog are often better than the counseling office at the college. You still need to contact counselors, but you need to treat counselors like the USSR - "trust, but verify".