Figure out that unless you've won the genetic lottery you don't need to apply?

>> Because this is Hong Kong, and if you want to get into a good high school, and then a good university later in life, this is what you do here, unless either A) your kid has really high IQ and would skip years or B) you are rich and don't mind just paying your way through international schools.

Sounds like the plot of GATTACA. Maybe people who don't live there should not hand out advice too easily?

Yep. I cannot advise. In Texas education is not considered enough. But this sounds ridiculously too far the other way. The book “The Myth of Merit” comes to mind.