Sounds like you are finishing your junior year of high school. You don’t mention SAT/ACT scores. In the end, your performance in high school is what it is without asterisks. For Yale and such just look at the scattergrams and see how many GPA 4.0 and ACT 36 students are rejected.
Look at these parents on the forum that have thousands of posts like @Lindagaf. They give excellent advice. I find that the best advice is often the most difficult to take.