<p>Unless you are already applying to too many schools, I don’t think you should listen to your counselor. My math teacher often told me the same thing Barq45 said: if you don’t apply then you have 0% chance in the first place.</p>
<p>@ClassicRockerDad: About your story, did you get to MIT in the end?
As for the study, I got rejected from Stanford, so that means my future is bright, yay! :p</p>