<p>If you were rejected by NYU Stern then you did not have the qualifications for the Ivy League. You seem to have some inflated sense of worth. At least 20% of my daughter’s high school(ranked one of the top 100 in the country) has your SAT scores plus 10+ AP classes. They study music at Julliard and are Intel semi finalists. They do community service. Your EC are quite ordinary and limited. What did you do for your school? Plus where is your high school ranked? How were your recos? What was your essay? Instead of blaming “the system” think about what you could have done to get to the level you felt you deserved.</p>