<p>I go to a bad high school (more than half get free lunch, not many AP's, poor area, etc.). I've never heard of a SAT score higher than 1800 at my school (I have a 2150), and in the past five years only two got into top private schools. </p>
<p>How will top private schools see this? Will it affect me adversely or will it help my chances? I'm rank 2 or 3 and take the hardest classes possible and first generation low income immigrant. :(</p>