<p>Reading 'my chances' in CC threads may even give Chuck Norris a heart attack!</p>
<p>Most posts give the impression that every other person is an academic scholar with SATs above 2300. </p>
<p>So which of the following conclusions can be drawn?</p>
<p>1) All scholars congregate at CC</p>
<p>2) Low score people like me dont post their scores in CC</p>
<p>3) SAT perfomance have really jumped over the last 2-3 years and ...hell you got 2100... Why dont you apply to that new community college down the road??</p>
<p>4) i came across a few troll posts where 2400 , poverty, refugee camps and cancer treatments go hand in hand ( makes me sick how people can sink so low)... So do few people enjoy the limelight by faking applications?</p>
<p>5) Time for some showoff? ... 'My dad earns billion bucks, i got 2400 800 800 800 36 4.0, earn 20,000$ per month through my charity, national chess, basketball and underwater basket weaving champion, invented the time machine, Honored by the prez, president of some 20 club and VP of 50 more, awarded the bravery medal,<em>blah</em> <em>blah</em>... And uhh... What are my chances at this local college.... Im soooooo nervous... I dont think Ivy will even read my application! </p>
<p>What are your views... Sorry if Someone is offended... I dont mean to target anyone... </p>
<p>Hi! I haven’t been on here for too long, but I see what you mean. Some people are just fishing for compliments, some are obvious trolls, maybe a tiny fraction of them are asking to be chanced in earnest. Naturally, all of these posts can be somewhat irritating when you’re awaiting your admission decision, but personally I try not to let them get to me. </p>
<p>Trolls are everywhere, so I guess the easiest thing to do is just ignore the ones who are obviously faking it - comments only feed the trolls. :)</p>
<p>Yeah it just so happens that a very high proportion of academically motivated, future oriented students is also very smart and talented. What a surprise.</p>
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<p>No. The very best spend their time doing worthwhile things.</p>
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<p>Yes they do. Regularly. Because it’s not a contest.</p>
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<p>No, SAT performance isn’t particularly different from 3 years ago at all.</p>
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<p>A few. A few, alternatively, enjoy ■■■■■■■■.</p>
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<p>Yes, definitely. Parents and students participate. But there’s a sense of decency here.</p>
<p>You will need to add up all numbers upto 2200 in the first column to get the total.</p>
<p>Rule of thumb is that there are about 16000 national merit scholars who are expected to score in 215 range. Since SAT allows multiple tries, you probably have 20,000 to 25,000.</p>
<p>There are threads with titles like where did your 3.0 to 3.3 student go. I think of CC as a place where you can ask for help and you find some to help you.</p>
<p>Thnx Texas! Great Link. Couldnt help noticing something which is a little irrevelant to the thread… The Females’ scores are much less than their male counterparts. Is it because few females apply for colleges in the U.S? I always thought girls score higher than guys in SATs</p>
<p>I ve seen so many people asking for chances with GPAs of 4 and weighter of 4.8 (then add to that being basically the champion of everything as extracurriculars) I do wonder if admission is actually that insanely hard or it s just an internet thing,like most people with huge grades going to CC or not that many people showing up to CC with average grades.</p>
<p>Haha!! And my hopes just become lower & lower!! :P</p>
<p>Roughly 15,000+ people scored more than me on the SATs!!
And here I was thinking I had a good strong score!!</p>
<p>@optimisticer - I get what you mean. Everyone on CC seems to be this Genius who’s done everything possible in the world!!
I guess that’s the way it is!!</p>
<p>Many extremely high achievers are on CC and it seems like their sole purpose is to make is feel bad about ourselves. Personally, I have a 3.7 W and a 28, fairly average grades and scores. I will be attending Hamilton College next year. I have extremely good ECs that I don’t want to elaborate on publicly because they would reveal my name fairly easily, but many on CC told me I had no chance at top LACs. Don’t listen to chance threads, no one knows what they’re talking about.</p>
<p>^^^ If someone is telling them you are in everywhere, then people giving them advice don’t know the process. 4.0/4.8 gets you into most colleges but when the colleges have an admit percentage lower than 25%, nothing is guaranteed. In most cases, these students are looking for self affirmation or find holes in their CVs.</p>
<p>It is important to start the application process with safety schools (both easy to get into and financially affordable) for students at all levels of credentials. There are a lot of kids out there who get into top schools only to find out that they come with no money and the parents are not willing to pay up.</p>
<p>Thnx for the raincheck Catria! You are correct though. But there is a good news and a bad news regarding the link put up by texas</p>
<p>Good news:If it is any consolation many people take the SAT multiple times… So there are a little less people I guess, about 20-30% less than in the link mentioned.</p>
<p>Bad news: these scores are in aingle sitting. So that means the superscore of a person scoring say 2050 in first sitting and 2100 in second sitting may have a super score of 2200… Possible? Yes</p>
<p>1) I brought up 33+ on the ACT since it is the ACT equivalent of a 2200 on the SAT.</p>
<p>2) Even accounting for the multiple sittings allowed by the SAT (and the ACT, too), as well as the superscores, I don’t think taking both into account would amount to much of an increase…</p>
<p>I think the majority of overachievers come here to brag. Chance me threads are pointless for kids with super high stats. Once you meet a certain threshold, no one can accurately predict your chances at a top school. Why bother? What do you want someone to tell you when you have a 4.0 from a competitive hs with a 2300+ SAT and amazing ECs? You want more praise, imo.</p>
<p>Stay off the Ivy forums and the chances threads. You will be happier. I have one kid with high stats, and one not so high. But the one with lower stats graduated from college this year and has been extremely successful (both in school and the job market). I worry much more about my high stats kid (would be happy if she did as well as her lower stat sibling did in college and finding a job). It isn’t all about statistics.</p>
