I would say it's a very naive assumption that admissions will look that deeply into a story of a "low-performing" student saying they have been wronged with no

I would say it's a very naive assumption that admissions will look that deeply into a story of a "low-performing" student saying they have been wronged with no evidence otherwise. Especially if I did not have a standardized test score, a public school file documenting it, or anything to back up that claim other than recollections of my own and my father's.