<p>“Some people are actually real world smart or aren’t snotty punks”</p>
<p>You’re absolutely right. Academic success has no correlation with real life success. The people who have altered the face of the Earth the most like Einstein and Gauss were just losers with no real world smarts. The people who developed the fertilizers that keep you fed, the medicine that keeps you alive (child mortality rates 100 years ago? No problem, you could’ve hit the two in three shot), the computer that you’re presumably typing into, the internet through which your message can reach the rest of the world . . . . those people are all losers right?</p>
<p>This sentiment of anti-intellectualism in this country disgusts me. The OP asked for chances for admittance, and the chances are objectively low. It is very rare, though not impossible, for someone with his or her stats to get in here and when he or she does, unless he or she puts in an extraordinary amount of effort, he or she will be near the bottom of his or her class and inevitably struggle academically. How many people come on here complaining about hopelessly getting terrible sub 3.0 grades despite struggling and investing in large amounts of time? A lot. I’m assuming that the OP wants an honest opinion, so we’re not going to be sugarcoating things just to preserve his self esteem. </p>
<p>And one more thing. We giving the OP an opinion of his chances at admissions says nothing about our own academic abilities, so what is it that makes us snotty?</p>