<p>Your friend probably had some international award or recognition.</p>
<p>Your friend must be hooked.</p>
<p>Yeah, sure their are outliers for everything, but if you are in the bottom 25% you don't have a good chance. The bottom 25% are for athletes, legacies, URM's, etc. If you aren't in any of those categories you aren't in a great position. To be comfortable in the SAT range you should be more near the 75 percentile for your school. However, if you are willing to do the application you may as well give it a shot if it is your dream school :)</p>