<p>I just want to reiterate some of the other posters’ sentiments. </p>
<p>Though I went to a public high school, it was very competitive, one of the top in the nation, and in fact technically more expensive than the local private schools (it would have been cheaper to live in another neighborhood and pay private school tuition than it was to buy a house in my neighborhood). Just goes to show how messed up our education system can be, when there are private schools that are more affordable than public schools. </p>
<p>While my school had a high number of people accepted into top schools, a lot of people applied and got rejected. Simply having a 2300+, 4.0, being president of multiple clubs, and doing research at a local university wasn’t enough, since those types of kids were a dime a dozen at my school. </p>
<p>Colleges look at you in the context of your school. While applicants from my school looked good on paper, many of them were unsuccessful due to the heavy competition. You have excelled despite the odds against you, and that will certainly help you. I know plenty of people who got into top schools with scores similar to yours, and I even know of somebody who goes to a HYPS school with an SAT score somewhere in the range of 1750-1850 (and no, he wasn’t a recruited athlete, just from an underprivileged background. He was URM though.) My point is that your scores are already pretty high, and then given the context of your school, they’re amazing. </p>
<p>And even if you don’t get into an ivy, you clearly have a strong work ethic and a desire to succeed, which I think will help you more than anything else. Good luck!</p>