<p>Yeah. I feel like I should at least give it a shot, you’ll never know if you never try right? This goes for all of you guys too. If you have the stats and have the passion, you might just be that lucky person. No stats make you better or worse. What I’ve noticed is that someone could be super intelligent and win all these awards and find the cure for a disease…but they’ll have a down in something else. And vice versa. Everyone has strengths AND weaknesses. :)</p>
<p>I’m done with high school, but I was freaking out about college admissions last year. I had a garbage HS GPA, and I would go on CC pretty much every day and make threads to reassure myself about the impact my grades would have on my chances. It just made me more stressed out. I think I made a total of over a dozen chance threads LOL, and pretty much everyone said that I would not get into any college besides my safety. I ended up getting into Vandy, UNC, CMU, and Wake Forest with a ~3.2 GPA so all that stress was for nothing :D</p>
<p>I graduated this year, and felt the exact same way about colleges as you guys do. RELAX! CC doesn’t represent the average applicant. There was this great thread that asked what if CC was a high school. It basically concluded that the competition for the top 10% would be decided as a gladiator match, since half the students had 4.98 GPAs, 33+ ACTs, and cured five forms of cancer, thereby making normal ranking impossible. </p>
<p>Yes competition for colleges is increasing, which means you’ll probably get a few rejections. But it’s nowhere near as bad as it seems. Plenty of kids get into even Berkeley with less than a 2000 SAT. I had a 3.1 UW GPA and got into some pretty highly ranked schools. I even got a great deal of merit aid with some privates. You’ll be fine. Just follow the deadlines, write good essays, submit your LoR on time and I guarantee at least a few academically excellent colleges will want you.</p>
<p>I’m starting to feel that way as well. On the other hand, the last few colleges I’ve visited I’ve felt better about the process. I know that I’m going to get into my safety schools. It’s not really even a question any more, so that’s provided me with some comfort. But, to some of my “match” schools, I’ve started to feel less and less like I’d be able to get in. My stats are there, don’t get me wrong, but I’m just so worried about my personal statement and supplemental essay answers and just everything else that goes along with the process that it’s starting to worry me even more. At the same time, I’m also at this happy medium where I’m like “Well, whatever happens, happens.” I don’t really know how to feel anymore. I keep wanting to aim really high, but then again I don’t want to spend money on schools that I know I have very little chance at. It’s so difficult</p>
<p>@ whenhen & imsobored: What a relief! Your feedback really helps 
Thanks</p>
<p>Speaking of essays, does anyone know where we can view sample UC prompt essays that helped people get admitted into the top UCs?</p>