<p>@MBV: You have experienced some toughest challenges in your academic life. Moving forward, you will no doubt still need to work hard but rest assured you are a lot better equipped to handle similar challenges you may encounter in competitive colleges. From what I gathered, it’s not going get much tougher, if at all, than what you have gone through in your competitive BS. Think of it this way. There are certainly shortcuts in life, but by and large to most people, life is the balancing act of give and take. You know why it’s called a “prep” school now…</p>