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The fact is that you haven’t tried applying to those ivies and other top schools yet. You have a 34 ACT and good grades. You are competitive. You’re not out of the running. Colleges will know that your hs is no Exeter. </p>
<p>So, yes, life isn’t fair, but you have it better than many. Vent and get it out of your system and then get in there and scrap with the rest of them, or we’ll have to post some sappy speech about “getting into the arena”. :)</p>