<p>Falthor, if you want to succeed in life (by whatever definition of ‘success’ you choose) you have to get better at reality checking. If you focus all your attention and energy on fabulous schools where your chances of admission are really low, then the consequence is that you won’t be doing a good enough job on identifying and applying to pretty-good schools where you <em>have a good chance</em> of getting in if you work at it. </p>
<p>If that happens, then your results at the end of the day could be:
NO acceptances at schools where your chances of admission were laughable -
NO acceptances at schools where your chances of admission were medium -
ACCEPTANCES only at schools that are insufficiently challenging/rigorous…</p>
<p>Having your head in the clouds and fooling yourself about your grades and scores will have consequences – you can choose now whether you want to make the best of your situation as viewed REALISTICALLY, or not. </p>
<p>You may or may not be able to change your scores - and you definitely can’t change your past high school grades. So what can you actually do that will make a difference to your future? 1) Put energy on finding GOOD MATCH SCHOOLS, 2) work at doing well in your classes, 3) work to improve your standardized test scores.</p>
<p>Your current attitude is STANDING IN THE WAY of your getting the best possible outcome from your college application process. Think about that.</p>