<p>I find it interesting that most of these stories are girls no offense.</p>
<p>sorry for the belated comment, but duper, don't be stupid. a 3.6 is an a/b gpa. which is well above average for alot of people. cc'ers forever amaze me.
<em>sigh</em> another example of internet dissing that a poster wouldn't have made in the real world. as if the writers "paltry" 3.6 makes her unworthy of a post that even someone with a 3.9 could've made.</p>
<p>chaimex... you rule. but it's spelled "barely."</p>
<p>i was one of those annoying overachievers... in relative... and i can tell you that rubbing grades and test scores in people's faces can lose you good friends. actually, i lost a childhood friend to bragging. but it's a sign of serious insecurity in the op's enemy, so don't get too mad. i used it as a cover for the fact that i hated my body, and it was the one thing i had on my best friend, who i was intensely jealous of (tyra banks look a like)... the evil overachiever is just inconfident in one aspect or another of her own life.</p>
<p>gk23: sexist, much? whatever, i'm too tired to bash you, but shame, shame!</p>
<p>Haha, it's not easy to pick up sarcasm on the internet apparently.</p>
<p>The people who got a 36 on their ACT or 34+ and have perfect test scores are the lazzy ones that never do any work. One is ranked barely in the top 50% of the class and he had a perfect 36. Just goes to show how grades prove nothing but effort once again. I seem to be slacking as well I only got 4 As out of 7 classes last semester. Oh well, senior year sucks. Can't wait for my year of free time.</p>
<p>lol @ all the people who are president/leader of 5 different clubs, involved in tons of community service, and study like crazy to keep up their average. I need my 8 hours of sleep every night, and I'm not going out of my way to do stuff I genuinely dont care for.</p>
<p>I am sorry for my sexist comment. I just thought it was interesting. This is not a sarcastic apology.</p>
<p>3/4 of your class had either a GPA below 2.0 or had gotten an F? Or they succumbed to peer pressure and sat down? I find that hard to believe unless you have super grade deflation at your school.</p>
<p>Most of the people at the school are immigrants including myself and I believe the classes to be quiet easy. I believe some of them sat down just to be "cool" but most really failed.</p>
<p>they're only annoying to you because you overanalyze too much. don't compare your lifestyle choices to theirs. ultimately, that's all it is. they made certain lifestyle choices. their are pros and cons to their lives and pros and cons to yours, whatever your lifestyle may be. </p>
<p>be open-minded. :D</p>
<p>I don't think anyone at my school has less than a 2.0!</p>
<p>Yeah...I barley...hahahaha. Sorry, i hate spelling...</p>
<p>Kids are Nasty these days, people treat me like crap. I'm not going to hand the roses if they hand my dirt. what comes around goes around. I used to brag about being the smart people Math class when i was in 5th grade. I almost did lose a close friend (we've become less close since then though). I felt bad...but this is not Jealousy or insecurity...I see it more as revenge. Its a game, if I'm so stupid why do I have higher grades then you? why do you always copy MY homework? If your so smart...and if your the 'original' GT student why aren't you beating me?
The only way to shut people up with either with your fist or your action...action is so much more satisfying though. I real real proud of myself for shutting one kid in particular up.
The number of close friend I've had has declined...I don't have close friends anymore... I get into fights with my friends a lot(not physical...although sometimes I wish). I've made my case clear between my 'posy' (if thats what you want to call it, really just a group of friends) that I can stand on my own and that I will stand up for myself , and I would say that I wouldn't stand being abused...but I am...I am 'the dumbest' but its funny how they are lazy and copy MY Homework all the time and I also again have the better numbers...They all take advantage of me, an I am contemplating to putting a stop as they have recently have made me angry.
There is this one over archiver...she is from Korea...there a lot of Koreans at my school. She is sooo perfect...I try hard and get low through high A's...she tries hard and gets 100s. I'm really not all that bright...LOL, I just keep up to date with current events, General Info, and History...which makes me seem like an encyclopedia. whats more so I really care about what I do. But I'm a nerd, if you saw my in the hall way... I don't think it would scream nerd.</p>
<p>Find one thing your really good at like history or math and then just use those classesas an oppertunitty to kick the s*** out of them intellectually, make sure the rest of yourclass is in on your jokeso you don't= look like a prick.</p>
<p>I only find it annoying when people brag about doing more work then you...and then make up excuses about why you got a higher grade...grrr.</p>
<p>Honestly grades do not mean crap. I'm a 4.0 student, #1 in my class (I share the rank with 4 other people, my school doesn't do weighted GPA but all the people i share the rank with are my friends and we all take AP and honors) it has nothing to do with intelligence just hard work and effort. People say i'm an overachiever because i care a lot about maintaining my perfect GPA but i sort of have to to do good. Intelligence is relative like pretty much everything else in life lol. I don't think that i'm as smart as people think i am, definitely not like some of my classmates, but i guess some people equate grades with intelligence. I think jealously is an inherent trait. I know i can't help but envy some of those perfect people even if they are super nice and are my closest friends. That raises the question do you hate someone for who they are or what they do? Does Islamic Fundamentalists hate us (Americans) for who we are or what we do with our foreign policies? haha alright too much CWP for me.</p>
<p>Hahah, I think everyone has that kind of person in their life. Really.
We have an actual group of girls at our school ( i call them "ivies") who constantly sit around and talk about how they just can't wait until the recieve their acceptance letters from Princeton. I find it funny, and I just laugh it off. But yes, I feel ya.</p>
<p>DESTINOS, great nick!</p>
<p>There are a couple of annoying overachievers in my grade. One of them is particularly bad. She has cried twice (!!) during hard tests. She has argued with our physics teacher, in the middle of class, about his teaching style. She patronizes people who get higher marks than her because thinks it must be a mistake or something.</p>
<p>Worst of all she incessantly asks questions. Ridiculous questions. One class we timed her to figure out how much time we lost as a percentage of class because of her questions. Unfortunately, it ended up being a work class, but I think it was about 5%.</p>
<p>There are a group of girls in my grade who are annoying overachievers. I am part of this group but I don't talk about my grades ect. because I'm not like that. I mean y make people feel bad or start s**t? But the others always talk about their grades ect. and cry if they get an A-. It's so annoying. They argue with teachers when they get something wrong or just because they don't like their teaching style. Despite this however our group is very popular. It makes no sense to me. Sometimes I wonder why I hang out with them, ut w/e.</p>
<p>So to the OP: I would just find something your really passonite about and excell at that and ignore the annoying overachievers. You seem to be doing very well as is.</p>
<p>I know a few people like that.</p>
<p>The salutatorian used to be the worst- now, he's decent, but a lot better than he was. "This is so easy", "I don't see the point", "I could pass the course in my sleep", etc. Now he will say that a course is easy if it is, but he complains when work is relatively hard (he still gets 95-100%+ if there is extra credit). He's improved a lot.</p>
<p>The Valedictorian used to be bad too, she was accelerated a couple years in math and science and everything comes to her. Now she's a bit more of a loner but she's nice and it's not like she actively tries to make the rest of us feel inferior- it's just that her relative success makes you feel less sucessful yourself.</p>
<p>There are a few annoying overachievers still remaining, but most of the people I know talk normally and try not to brag, even if they are taking a courseload of APs and soaring. It's really nice. It used to be worse...</p>
<p>"Overachieving and arrogance aren't one in the same"</p>
<p>My input: the problem is that overachievers do not give people any reason to assume they are not arrogant. I think it's important that in the social world, you expand your ideas and open up your mind to the people/beliefs around you. AP's, good test scores, going to the best university. It's not bad to be academically-minded and have enthusiasm for doing well in school. If your passion is mathematics or being a historical scholar, by all means follow your dreams. I myself want to go to MIT for physics/philosophy. However, I also play sports (not to say that athletes are stupid btw) and have friends from alot of different social groups. Though I'm known as the nerd who is on the basketball team, most other people can't say that. In this sense, I feel well-rounded and accomplished. And as I get older, I am starting to understand that all people are different and unique. </p>
<p>We get so caught up in what we do that we forget there are other people also doing what they want to do. We also don't realize that some people are not made out for college, basically the path that we say is the only one that leads to success. IT'S OK!!! It's called diversity, and it actually helps the world function properly. So no, overachieving and arrogance are not directly associated. So my question is this: why is it that overachievers are arrogant? If we look at this situation in a different light, maybe overachievers won't be so arrogant.</p>
<p>Another thought: if we care so much about other people's futures that we feel the need to constantly remind them of how much they are failing, why don't we tutor them or study with them? You know, it is acceptable to hang out with "stupid" people.</p>
<p>There are no really arrogant overachievers at my school. We have about 20 people who are state-champ athletes and top scorers in AP classes and who are the sweetest people on Earth.</p>
<p>Of course, they're all on Oxycodon (is that what they're calling "uppers" nowadays?) or caffeine or just complete lack of sleep.</p>