<p>I’m actually quite confident that the rigor of my education in on, or above, par of those private schools you hold in such high esteem.
In four years of education, I’ve had only one class–other than driver’s ed-- that was not “pre IB” (essentially honors), IB, or AP. There is no way that a non-IB private school student can remotely compete with that standard, especially when you take into account the college courses that I’ve taken over the summer (I didn’t mention them in the original post) and aced.</p>
<p>The problems with my GPA is a direct link to the depression that I had my sophomore and freshman years, when I had around a 3.0. First semester I pulled a 3.8, and with the weighting system makes that well over a 4.5.</p>
<p>It’s not that I couldn’t compete, I’m more than competent. It’s that I’m one of the only people I know that
a)has only one parent
b)actually had to hold a job</p>