Planning is good. What isn’t is the content of the plan - if the parent follows through, it will actually be counterproductive and the kid will not get into any Top 25 and is iffy depending on the top50 chosen. This strategy will work for a flagship’ honors program as long as it’s not UMich, UVA, unc, nor some top honors (not Schreyer for sure, but perhaps Barrett.)
I suggested ways to improve the plan: fewer AP, an actual foreign language in addition to heritage language at upper level in college, a9th grade of discovery followed by a choice of activities in 10/11 that include one competitive and one non competitive.
Note that schools in CA colleges require art/music so it needs to be taken too.
Keep in mind that the parent may wish for a kid to get into a top 25 but CANNOT SAY IT ALOUD. The parent’s job is to help the 11th grader find what characteristics appeal to him at Stanford, look for schools that have the characteristics and take him visit the other schools.
Right now the kid doesn’t " have a passion for Stanford" - it’s the same as kids who say they want to be astronauts. Not based in anything real. It’s a dream. Something cool to talk about. A healthy parent will not let this become an obsession and will identify appropriate outlets (let’s visit Nasa in Texas and see all the jobs there in addition to astronaut :-)!) Modelling the idea many paths are acceptable is essential, too.