<p>The year I applied for college, the probability for a kid to get into ANY college is 1.7% in my country. The chance of getting into top 2 universities is like 1 in 5,000. But I felt it’s much easier for me than for S. Because I knew that as long as I get a certain score in my college entrance exam I will certainly get into the top U. Unlike S, even though he had 2400 SAT, 4.65GPA, tons of APs and ECs there is still less than 5% chance to get into top school here because he is a unhooked ORM. And you have no control of other factors. He did get into his dream school but it was much more uncertain before the letter was received.</p>