<p>Showed up? The main point I was making was that I don’t think even I have a great chance at Ivies, so it seems like your confidence may be a bit misplaced.</p>
<p>And you very well may have great potential, but in the 5 minutes they take to look over everyone’s app, they aren’t likely to see that when they are surrounded by thousands of kids with perfect or near-perfect stats.</p>
<p>But you know what, do whatever makes you happy. I hope for your sake you get in, but as everyone has said, you can’t put all your eggs in the basket of getting into a top school, because it isn’t very likely, though there is always the possibility.</p>