Can I get into an Ivy League if I lay my application out with how many hardships I've faced (above average but not stellar GPA) only? Some truly heinous experiences, multiple cancers, immigrant, broken and abusive home, mental illness. ECT. Play up perserversnce and strength of will. I'm prodigal in anything non-hard maths related, tested early out of school, opposite Good Will Hunting scenario. They'll probably tell me to fuck off, huh.
>Will a school accept me if I make myself look like a victim?
Of course they fucking won't.
>>17491777
Only works if you are not white
>>17491777
What cancers did you have?
>>17491783
They live for that kind of shit, adversity, rising above all odds, come on, I have some chance?
>>17491793
Lymphoblastic lymphoma, two counts of osteoid osteoma.
>>17491796
They like academic merit despite all that shit, not that shit as an excuse for mediocrity