I’d be studying the Naviance results from his HS very carefully- just so you aren’t wasting time, energy and love on colleges which have a solid history of rejecting kids like your son. There ARE colleges which love high scores-- and hopefully, your son can fall in love with a couple of those. I’d also make sure he addresses this head on with his guidance counselor- to ask directly “how are you going to write about me?”. He might not get an answer- but there’s a difference between a counselor’s report which highlights what a joy your son is to teach-- and teachers love his passion for the subjects he cares about… vs. a report which signals “does what he wants, when he wants”.