<p>Several issues I see with the OP:
- A top and prestigious prep school guarantees you nothing in terms of admissions at top colleges. Average and lower tier colleges would be impressed almost all the time, but Ivies and similar see many many applications from top schools, and want diversity so they reject a lot of kids from top schools.
- The reverse is also true: a bad HS doesn’t mean your son can’t get into an Ivy or other top school. My best friend went to one of the worst HSs in our state, and he got into an Ivy and waitlisted to another Ivy, having taken no AP courses because his school only offered one AP course (and most HSs at that time were offering 10 or more APs).
- If the money might be an issue, send him to the local Catholic school if he doesn’t mind switching. If you can afford him staying put and he wants to stay put, let him stay because it will be a disruption (but better after freshman year than later in his HS career).</p>
<p>If Ivies only considered HS quality and available courses vs. other HSs, there would be little diversity in their student populations. The rigor of your son’s courseload compared to what is available at his school is more important.</p>
<p>It’s not easy to be an admissions counselor.</p>
<p>As for baseball, get film of him in games, maybe look at a recruiting site or putting videos up on YouTube, or look for a club team that has a great college recruiting reputation. Coaches won’t find your son unless he is the best of the best of the best. But if you help him target schools he is interested in, it will help him a lot in the recruiting process.</p>