<p>No one is mentioning who those at the bottom, stats wise, are. They are athletes first, then URMs, legacies and the sons and daughters of the rich and/or powerful.</p>
<p>thx amcgillian for a LITTLE encouragement haha. but seriously, i guess my scores arent competitive enough, but im still going to try to get in those schools. MIT especially has a great music program and math/science programs. its so perfect for me. Carnegie mellon's nice too, but still... im going to give these tough schools a shot. and wrathofachilles. im doing well in school i guess, im taking "very demanding" courses and my gpa is about a 98. so i dunno.. i hope that can cover up for my standardized tests.</p>