<p>actually, its the other way around. the worse your high school(well I mean up to a certain point), the better your shots are at a top university(aka you have less competition). period. consider yourself very lucky :P</p>
<p>Thanks people! it felt like a relief, you know? a big fish in a small pond is indeed better than the other way around. My parents thought you just have to pass an admissions exam to get into that college:) well, that’s the way in our home country.</p>
<p>I go to a school in Wisconsin…so basically everything is “no name.”
In the past two or three years we’ve had kids go to Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth. There’s actually a lot of kids who went to Dartmouth…</p>
<p>I really haven’t even focused on who’s going to elite colleges…those are just the ones off the top of my head.</p>
<p>So its definitely possible.</p>
<p>is it weird that everything you people were saying were like inspiration to me? well, except for that user who welcomed me to McDonalds, but on second thought, i would like to try working there as a part time job during high school… i wanna try things you know</p>
<p>ilovedianaargon-- that’s untrue. There are more important things than getting into a brand name school. Students who do to disadvantage/low-achieving schools live in disadvantaged neighborhoods and thus have more obstacles than those who don’t live under those conditions. If one doesn’t have access to resources, they may not have the ability to achieve their full potential and show that. No one is “lucky” to go to a low-achieving school.</p>
<p>.so…am i going to a low-achieving school? the ACT score is 22, not 21, sorry my bad but it doesnt make a difference. a truly bright student knows how to carve opportunities out of nothing.</p>
<p>@aliah21</p>
<p>Exactly. Stop worrying about them and start worrying about you. You’re all that matters.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>