First, lots of kids get 1500+. Even the kids getting special consideration would have such an SAT score. So if you can't match that score, I'd strongly urge you to give serious consideration to some "safety" schools.
Second, kids from rural Idaho, (kids from rural anywhere really), are given special consideration at most elite schools. They're essentially given the same consideration as poor minorities. Most elite schools have a mandate that you must admit a certain number of males and females from every state in the union. Which means the easiest way into a lot of these schools is not a wicked three point shot, but rather to graduate high school in Wyoming.
Third, if you're from Idaho and are not admitted, it means there were better candidates that these schools selected in lieu of yourself. (Remember, a lot of schools have a mandate, so they definitely admitted someone.) So introspection is in order. What did the other Idaho candidates have that you did not?
Second, kids from rural Idaho, (kids from rural anywhere really), are given special consideration at most elite schools. They're essentially given the same consideration as poor minorities. Most elite schools have a mandate that you must admit a certain number of males and females from every state in the union. Which means the easiest way into a lot of these schools is not a wicked three point shot, but rather to graduate high school in Wyoming.
Third, if you're from Idaho and are not admitted, it means there were better candidates that these schools selected in lieu of yourself. (Remember, a lot of schools have a mandate, so they definitely admitted someone.) So introspection is in order. What did the other Idaho candidates have that you did not?