<p>I'm the quiet and humble overachiever. I do freak out over tests sometimes. </p>
<p>I hate the people who aren't as an overachiever as me and brag that they are so good.</p>
<p>It only annoys me if they go really out of their way to lord it over you/others. It's like, dude...people have talents other than studying, so what?</p>
<p>I know one person like that, who I suppose I resent slightly more than everyone else because he's been beating me at absolutely everything possible since 5th grade. xD Oh well.</p>
<p>I laugh at the people who brag about studying and have 10 page study guides for tests. Since when is the ability to lock yourself in a room for hours on end looking over the same exact material again and again become admirable?</p>
<p>people brag about studying??</p>
<p>Katya Geltser Go Kill Yourself. Stop Eating Apple Cores And Playing With Your Fat. You Are An Obese, Hideous, Egotistical Maniac That Reads Euro Nonstop.</p>
<p>^agreed. the epitome of this thread.</p>
<p>Lol, poetic justice!</p>
<p>wow, the person OP is talking about seems very self absorbed.</p>
<p>In my class there are a lot of over achievers, including myself, but very few are annoying or brag off about it. Its kind of the opposite, the people who don't do so well are always asking "So did you get a 100%?" after every assignment. That gets annoying after a while, especially when I got a like 60% on a test and they did better but they still ask.</p>
<p>(read page 1, will read rest in a few minutes, but had to say this)</p>
<p>I hate "overachievers" who think that because they are the "best" in a VERY small pond, that they will definitely go to college. And they feel that whoever kisses up the most in our teeny school will be the "winner". We're apparently all in competition, so you better not help anyone. I've gotten so much misinformation from honors people, I can basically do the opposite and know it's okay. This one girl is pathetic. At her minuscule middle school (40 people? maybe?), she was the BEST and her parents put out PRESS releases to all the local papers about her sad little achievements like being Student Council President of her middle school or whatever. She's absolutely insane, and hates me because I'm her "competition" (won a few school awards in hs)...and has gotten the rules changed for all the honor societies. It's pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>I also just hate the attitude the typical "honors kids" have in my school-they are just in it for college and don't care about learning. Every club is just another notch on their resume. Surprisingly, I really could care less about the tenths of my GPA, and would rather do well on SATs, SAT IIs, APs, Regents, etc, than brownnosing insanely. As I've been in all honors, people can't really say anything to me, but my friends who are in half, 3/4, or mostly all honors get totally excluded from honors stuff. Because they play sports, they are told they "aren't honors material" by people who have been in fewer honors classes.</p>
<p>thanks if you just read that rant :)</p>
<p>I could be labeled as an overachiever... but i think there's a fine line between doing it for personal gain and doing it for college</p>
<p>I mean, i know some people who love to learn, and they do independent study for APs just because they want to learn more about the subject. Then, there are those who pile on classes just because they want to go to HYPS.
The second type of people annoy me the most. I mean, if you don't want to take a challenging class to learn, then don't take it!!</p>
<p>do you guys find those students annoying?</p>
<p>I do, because I took more than the recommended amount of APs (and seriously, 5 is not difficult with new/easily-sidetracked teachers) for the interesting curricula, not the AP weighting.</p>
<p>Except for French. I definitely took that for the weighting.</p>
<p>what you are saying is COMPLETELY true. I'm only a frosh (and so far i've kept a 4.0) but I am always surrounded by those stereotypical "asians" who are entirely grade obsessed. and i'm asian too, so it seems like there is this standard set for me that I have no intention to even regard. However, i do think it is unfair to disregard such people as those who have no life. I know for a fact a lot of people classify me as contemptuous, but it isn't because i am rude at all, its more a combination of my race, class schedule, and GPA. Outside of school I do a ton though. I play sports (LAX, Volleyball, Basketball), sing and play piano competitively, and do a lot of community service stuff. It seems almost as if others (no offense but, ya, some of you guys) are jealous of the accomplishments of their peers...</p>
<p>Of course, there are many people out there who are the physical embodiment of an "asian" (patronizing and all), but I'm just suggesting that maybe it isn't fair to judge them so harshly.</p>
<p>pnutbutter&jelly: yes it is VVEEERRRRYYY annoying... i think i am just about to condradict everything I said earlier but w/e.... those who say that doing something because it looks good for college DRIVE ME CCRRRAAZZZYYY!!! i mean really, what is college? it seems like it is governing our entire society these days!!! from the start of my educational career, there was always talk about college and how important it is. but why should it matter all that much?</p>
<p>Naw. I think the people who take APs for college are pretty ballin' anyhow. I mean, if they are able to do well in the class, then it's pretty obvious that they ARE learning. That's still infinitely better than people who took the class to learn and have trouble with / don't learn the material.</p>
<p>The only thing that bothers me is when some people run and are elected for office in a club and are totally non-dedicated and use it as a resume item only. I mean, come on -- as an officer, they kiiiinda took an oath to further the intent and interests of the club. Failing to do so just sucks.</p>
<p>That said, I'm an overachiever. -shrugs- Life's good.</p>
<p>I am an overachiever like many CC members are haha.</p>
<p>But I never brag or anything so many of my friends doesn't know how well I do in school/tests.</p>
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<p>BAGRFTMFW :D</p>
<p>I have an ongoing problem with this as well. I’m a junior in high school, currently living in Dubai, UAE, but before the move to Dubai, (9th and 10th grade) my GPA was pretty damn bad. It was lying around a cumulative average of 2.9. When I moved to Dubai, I realized that people were out for success, and more so than when I lived in the US, so I caught on to that state of mind. Now I am a junior, and I’m trying to catch up on the basics on how to study independently, and I’m struggling just a bit. So, here’s my story. There’s this one guy, (well, several guys) who is very competitive, and every time I make a bad grade, and he makes an outstanding grade, I get engulfed in an immense wave of jealousy. On top of THAT, he approaches me with his annoying disposition, asking “Hey man, what’d you get on the Psych paper?” I respond with: “Oh, I did terribly, I got a 72%. I didn’t really put in that much effort.”
He responds with: “Oh I did terribly TOO! I got a 98% I really could’ve done better.” I almost got up and tore his nearly-perfect little psych paper right up in front of his face.<br>
Now, before you attack me, saying “Oh but how could he have any control whatsoever on the grade you made?” Let me tell you this. He doesn’t ask ANYONE else except for me, since he notices I am having a significant time struggling with my Psychology. I used to have a passion for Psychology. The experience I’m having in that class just kind of snuffed out my flame. If these annoying overachievers really think they’re going to get into Harvard, or Princeton, or any esteemed university, they’d better rethink their options. These universities, indefinitely, take grades into high consideration. But what they also look for is a good all-around personality and leadership skills. Despite common belief, I wouldn’t like to have a boss constantly reminding me subtly how he is better than me in every way.
These people need to stop.</p>
<p>How dare you critisize a girl for wanting to get good grades. If you are on college confidential you obviously want to get into a good college someday. Who are you to judge how that girl gets into Harvard. Have you ever thought that maybe her parents pressure her into being perfect or maybe her parents don’t give her enough attention and that’s her way of getting it? Maybe you shouldn’t be so quick to judge others when they have a plan in life and have found a way of getting there. I commend her for knowing what she wants at her age. Is it possible that you’re jealous of her grades and her excellence because you have a 3.6 GPA?</p>
<p>^ Lol I was just about to type something like that. I don’t think the people on this thread realize that hating other people for being better is literally the definition of jealousy. If you work your ass off and get a 4.0 and 2300+ there’s nothing wrong with telling people in the same way that it’s okay to be upset if you get a B because, for people holding themselves to a certain standard, a B is indeed bad. You can be confident in your academic abilities just as an athlete can be confident in his athletic skills (as long as you aren’t arrogant or rude). There’s nothing wrong with striving to be the best in any endeavor.</p>
<p>“The quality of a man’s life is in direct proporion to his commitment to excellence regardless of his field of endeavor.”</p>
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<li>VINCE LOMBARDI</li>
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<p>Some people choose to be the consummate student, others the consummate popular kid and so on and so forth.</p>
<p>^ Just so you know, there’s a big difference between being confident in your academic abilities and rubbing it in others’ faces.</p>
<p>And yes. After about 11 years of schooling, working my *** off to do everything I can for academic achievement, I realize I’ve made myself pretty unhappy. The worst part is, I don’t even know what I’m going to do with this knowledge. The difference between an Ivy and a second tier school probably doesn’t matter with what I want to do in the future. But since there’s no turning back, I suppose I just have to change my attitude (hopefully stress levels, too!) and finish.</p>