<p>Do what you love. If you still want Harvard and Harvard wants you, congratulations.</p>
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Why? Because I got a B in a course at a science magnet high school that is ranked top 10 in the country by US News and World Report? (Important qualifier I forgot to mention: I still got a 5 and 770 on the AP and SAT II.) Because I am friends with smart kids who aren’t going to super-great colleges? Because my transcript is crap? (~1 B and 1 B+ a year, then straight As senior year…? Is that crap?) Or is it my ranking, which my school doesn’t actually provide? I might be as high as top 15%, or out of the top half. I do have Presidential-Scholars-worthy test scores and a list of national and state awards as long as your arm. Haha, my goat is gotten (because ■■■■■■ really bother me and I am so not), so PM me if you like and I can link you to a couple websites with my name winning awards. For less effort but less verifiability you could just look up my profile elsewhere on CC.
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<p>No it wasn’t your grades, try reading your previous post out loud and you might understand why I made such an assumption. I enjoyed reading your rant though.</p>
<p>^ thts funny cuz i thought the same thing. It was extremely critical and inaccurate. Cutting down people’s dreams as 8th graders = not cool/completely indeterminable at this point.</p>
<p>Who cut down the 8th grader’s dream? I don’t think Lirazel had that intent, even if it came across that way.</p>