All of you need to read this.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Couple things:</p>

<p>1) “I’m a smart girl” Nope. You’re average.</p>

<p>2) “all of you neurotic, 4.0, 2350-getters need to pause and read” Now that’s just rude. You equate academic success with neuroticism. What if they’re just driven, passionate, and intelligent?</p>

<p>3) "Just because I’m not a perfect student, doesn’t mean I’m not a beautiful soul. " No, no, just because you think you’re a “beautiful soul” doesn’t mean you are one.</p>

<p>4) “Your whole life is one big rat race, especially when you start the madness so young.” Contradiction here. You can’t start young if your entire life’s a rat race. </p>

<p>5) “I’m young; I want to be young. I got a D in Math this year.” Bad grades are for bad students, not the young.</p>

<p>6) “While you were obsessively studying, competing, and playing this game, I was being a kid.” That’s just what you think. You probably don’t tread in those kids’ social circles.</p>

<p>7) “And guess what? I’m going to get into a good school for ME.” We probably have different standards for “good.”</p>

<p>8) "Not HYP, you little idiots, this is the real world. " You know what’s in the real world? The Harvard network gets you places. Your Yale classmates are similarly high-achieving individuals. The Princeton name on a resume makes getting interviews a hell of a lot easier. An Ivy league school is not a bubble of elitism as you may think.</p>

<p>9) “Your Ivy degrees won’t mean you’re not working in Starbucks and living in a crap apartment somewhere. They mean nothing in the end.” Then why are you getting a degree at all? Besides, if an Ivy diploma is only good for making lattes, your degree would only be a small step up from toilet paper.</p>

<p>10) “Don’t be some ambitious freak who spends their youth attempting to cram SAT vocab into their overstretched brains.” Ambition is good. Academic ambition might be weird to you, but it’s ambition nonetheless.</p>

<p>Your intentions aren’t bad, and I understand where you’re coming from. But rather than try to force everybody to your mold for happiness, take a step back. Realize that happiness is subjective. Live and let live.</p>

<p>(Also: me. My preparation for the SAT consisted of looking up the format of the test on Wikipedia and eating a good breakfast. Nothing whatsoever for the ACT. I scored a 2400 and 36 respectively. I did about an hour of schoolwork a night on average. 3.85 UW/4.5 GPA with 15 total APs. I lived my life too, but I still did well in school. I’ll be at Duke next year to “work hard, play hard.” And oh yeah, I’m happy too. Don’t assume too much.)</p>

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<p>^^^ LOL That was amusing.</p>

<p>Now. First of all, you insulted the wrong crowd. The frequenters of these forums are of the brighter majority of the population. Something that can, unfortunately, not be said of you.</p>

<p>Quick Comparison of your fulfilling and exciting life to the life of my dog.
Both fell in love (him with his chew toys, you probably with something of similar ephemeral value)
Both sneak out (came back with a dead mouse a couple of days ago)
Both drink (at least my dog is legal, he drinks water)
Both drive with the windows down (he likes to stick his head out)
Both are equally intelligent (actually I would put my bet on my dog)
Both live life (however, I would take his relaxed life to your future, which I hope is at Starbucks just to prove a point)</p>

<p>Bluntly put, your long tirade about how people who are clearly more intelligent than you are have no life is utterly out of place. Most of these people here probably have much more satisfying lives than you and most didn’t put near as much effort as you probably did. They’re just more intelligent. Next time, make sure who you know who your audience is.</p>

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<p>Hahahahaha “I would put my bet on my dog”…that made my day :)</p>

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<p>People like the OP are simply inherently jealous of others’ great accomplishment. She is merely trying to justify her lack of academic superiority by suggesting that there’s no point and that driven individuals don’t have as much fun as she does. It makes her feel better to know “I’m not smart, but at least partying and drinking is more fun.” Of course she is wrong and her generalizations are pretty stupid.</p>

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<p>Oh my god, I can’t believe the replies my post got.
Listen everyone, I was way too strong-worded. No one’s here is going to work at starbucks! I’m not stupid…that’s hurtful. I was hurtful too, but still.</p>

<p>I actually was having one of those complete and utter meltdowns and I thought my tirade would go into the black hole of the internet…I’m sorry if I hurt anyone’s feelings, I had no idea such a rant was capable of coming out of my mouth (keyboard?) I’m also so much happier because my average in math for the year is a B still…thank goodness. </p>

<p>Anyway, I’m sorry if my post hurt any of your feelings and I wish I could just delete it. It was in the heat of a moment where I felt more stressed than I’ve ever felt before. I really wish I never wrote it to begin with. Also, the person who compared me to a dog, not nice. But I like dogs so I guess it’s okay.</p>

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<p>I think I speak for everyone on here when I say that the apology is really appreciated. You were out of line to criticize but we too were out of line for our responses. I sincerely apologize for my post and I hope others will follow my lead. I know it can be overwhelming coming on CC sometimes and seeing all the rising stars and comparing yourself to them. It can cause a lot of stress and everyone slips up sometimes. Congratulations on your math grade :slight_smile: keep up the good work and enjoy your summer.</p>

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<p>I agree with drumwriter22. I think that although many CC members had a right to be angry, it went a little too far.</p>

<p>I apologize, and I hope all goes well in your future! Just remember to work hard to achieve your goals and you’ll do fine.</p>

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<p>Thank you. I just feel embarrassed but I was having a finals meltdown.</p>

<p>Is it not possible to delete posts?</p>

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<p>I think that you’ve been extremely judgmental. Just because a person is high-achieving doesn’t mean they’ve had a less valuable adolescence. Like you, this year I sang my heart out with my arms out of the sunroof in a car crammed with friends. I had blurry nights. I danced. I laughed. And yet, somehow, I had a 4.0. I happen to find fulfillment in academics (in learning, not in being graded), and so I’ve been successful in school. Fortunately, that means I get to go to college at a place that will allow me to continue to learn in an environment that attracts some of the best minds in the world. THAT’S why my degree will be valuable, not because of the name on it. I’m sure that you’ll find fulfillment in some other way; the Peace Corps is definitely gratifying. But your experiences aren’t more valuable than mine, and frankly, they’re a little cliche. </p>

<p>You’re not better than us any more than we’re better than you.</p>

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<p>I’m gonna agree with those two posters above, especially since my dog comment was singled out. I hope I speak for the majority of posters in that we were a little bit harsh and I apologize again for the unnecessary dog comment. Just a note for the future, if you want to vent some anger, don’t do it at this crowd. We don’t appreciate it. Most of us hopefully understand that you were frustrated and your apology is well accepted.</p>

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<p>Sorry. That post was very interesting though.</p>

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<p>For the most part, I find myself not excelling in school because I want to get into college; that’s really only a recent development lol. I pursue what I want to pursue because I love what I’m doing. I enjoy the challenge. It may be a gimmick, but it seems to me as though all those schools that are highly ranked will be more of a challenge for me. Without a challenge, your life, both academically and otherwise, isn’t as fulfilling.
However, I do agree with some of what you have to say. Most people here post when it’s 100% certain that they’ll go somewhere very good; it may come off as bragg-y or something like that. But many of us are simply concerned or over-worrying about our future; that is essentially the substance of this forum.</p>

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<p>I am one of those “typical CC high achievers.” But you know what? I agree with your post. I don’t try to obsess over school/college (in fact, I love to go out to the mall, beach, and parties with my friends! And I waste hours on the internet on facebook and youtube!).</p>

<p>And good for you for being happy with how you’ve done in school! I have best friends from all different parts of the acedemic spectrums. I’m super close with the valedictorian of our grade and about 40% of my friends are at the top of the class with me. But the others are all over. I have a 3.99 unweighted GPA with a 2330 SAT. One of my best friends has an unweighted 3.7 GPA and a 1900 SAT. My second best friend has an unweighted 3.7 with no honors classes and a 1700 SAT. And my third best friend has a 3.5 unweighted GPA with less than a 1500 SAT. But yet we all love and support each other and wish for each other to get into the right colleges for us. For each of us, our right college is totally different, but we all just want to end up happy wherever we are.</p>

<p>My sister had a 3.9 unweighted GPA with only a few honors courses and a 28 ACT. And now she’s at Syracuse University and loves it so much. So if she’s happy where she is, I’m happy for her.</p>

<p>To the OP: I hope you end up where you belong, wherever that may be, and that you are happy there! Good luck this upcoming college season!</p>

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<p>Lol, you nerds would get mad at a random chick posting **** on the internet. lmao gotta love CC</p>

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<p>@Practical. Lol seriously all you do is write discouraging remarks on threads telling people to get a life (e.g. the kid who jokes about Hogwarts admissions).</p>

<p>If anything, I think it’s YOU who needs to get a life!</p>

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<p>Good to know you weren’t TROLLIN’ cuz that would’ve hurt more. LOL.</p>

<p>Apology accepted, I hope you’d take mine for saying what I said as well for the same.</p>

<p>I think I can speak for everyone in saying that we have ALL experienced extreme pressure due to school at one point in our lives. We can understand your frustration. Please, however, when you decide to make a public post, resort to a stress ball first if anything. Improperly directed rants will only generate hateful comments, as you can clearly see.</p>

<p>I wish you success with all your endeavors.</p>

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<p>oddly enough, I did all of this… plus I took the ACT a bit hungover and still pulled off a 35. nobody’s going to give you an award for being yourself, hun. I’ve ranted on CC before to no great success, and it’s really, truthfully just talking to a brick wall. I’d find another outlet for your frustrations if I were you.</p>

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<p>At least the OP apologized, that has to count for something :)</p>

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<p>I only like to drive with the windows up. Sucks to be me. :(</p>

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<p>driving with the windows down can be a bit annoying, especially when you end up with horribly knotted hair and bugs speeding at your face</p>