Were you ill-prepared for college because you attended an "under-performing" high school? Were you ill-prepared for high school because you did not go to a good grade school? Did you go to bed hungry? Live in unsafe housing? Have far less than most people in your area when you were age 0-18?
If you can answer "yes" to those questions (or at least a few of them), then you might consider applying as disadvantaged as an immigrant.