<p>Not only have we all seen these type of threads but there is a whole forum dedicated to this. Chances. We all grow anticipation during the beginning of the senior year. College applications are upon us and we stress to find that "perfect match" that will accept us. And through our despiration we sometimes call on the help of others. On CC many ask for their chances to get into a certain school. </p>
<p>But do we truly believe that other high school students and college students will know our future. The college application process is not determined by our peers but by a board of alumni's, profs, and whatever else they have. So why do we ask for these chances? We do it to relieve anxiety and anticipation. </p>
<p>The college of your choice shouldn't be, and probably won't be, decided by a bunch of random strangers online. No one even truly says "You will not get in." We are just creating this false hope to help our confidence. So what I am asking is just forget about these chance threads. Apply to a school you are truely interested in even if you have a lower GPA than the average. Maybe you have a few to little volunteer hours, it is ok. Don't let a bunch of strangers determine your college.</p>
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<p>Most of the advice here is indeed useless. However, there are some knowlegable posters. Youll get to know who they are after awhile. Start with Northstar, Bandit, Suze, Amptron and Sybbie. They know what they're talking about.</p>
<p>To this list of knowledgeable posters I'd like to add the names of flopsy, ucchris, goldenbear, A2Wolves6, dstark, zippo, and bobby100 (the previous poster).</p>
<p>MDT89 also...lol it seemed like that was the thing to do</p>
<p>Anyway, you just need to think about things when receiving input on chances threads. Anybody with fewer than 100 posts likely doesn't know what they're talking about.</p>
<p>Also, there are plenty of people on this forum who (for whatever reason) seem to intentionally want to make people feel bad about themselves. Whartonorbust, for example, invariably tells people that they have absolutely no chance at Penn. This is either because he's entirely ignorant, likes making people feel bad, or wants to lessen the size of the applicant pool.</p>
<p>Basically, take everything with a grain of salt...but a lot of the people on this board with several hundred posts (especially users mentioned above, as well as many others) really do know what they're talking about for the most part</p>