| I come from a low performing school, so there's a lot of students who are considered top at our school, but average at others.
For example, my friend only had two clubs, he was president for both and prior office holding for a year, he wasn't in sports, he scored a 2000 on his SATS, he's hispanic, and passed a majority of his AP tests. I believe, 3 on eng. lang., 3 on AP cal ab, 5 on french. He didn't get straight A's, i think he got some Bs but that was it. He got into Columbia, Yale, Harvard, everything he applied for. So you don't need to have a 5.0 just to get into your dream college...Although it helps. Compared to all the other profiles i've seen on this site, his isn't the best.
I think your chances are a little better if you come from a school where it is less competitive and you're considered a minority. | 
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