<p>@wannabefeynman
I made a college confidential account (again, I forgot my old one) to respond to your seemingly spiteful post.</p>
<p>I do not know where you go to college (I assume you are in college, although you may be a high school student or a parent/other), but based off your posts, you seem to be quite fitting of the “typical college confidential user,” one that criticizes others to ultimately feed his/her own ego. </p>
<p>The typical college confidential response often includes something along the lines of “oh, your extracurricular activities are weak…I highly doubt you’re going to get in,” and often act as a way to crush the enthusiasm of other competitors. I think that these kinds of posts, along with the posts that come from users who try to show off their grades, unless they are truly necessary (in the case of an arrogant fool who doesn’t understand his or her place, it is necessary…so that the person can experience a reality check), should be avoided. As users reading posts of students desperately trying to earn a place in “prestigious colleges,” I think that we should all be supportive and understanding; we need to give these all of these students a break, ones who are often “slowly dying” as they fight against others students for grades. </p>
<p>A couple of years ago, I was a high school student as well, asking for other people to chance me so that I could find out if I have a shot at some competitive colleges. Before entering the world of “college confidential,” filled with arrogant, pompous, superficial students/parents/others, I was a sheltered and innocent boy, just hoping to get into a decent college. After joining this site however, my world totally flipped around, and I began to understand what man’s true nature is (behind a computer screen). When I asked users to chance me on some decent colleges, with my scores and grades in a very similar range (2350 36 ACT, etc), your kind of response was the only one I would get. Often times, people say that posts like yours are out of envy/jealousy, or a multitude of other reasons; I however, disagree, and believe that some people are just pessimistic and want to pull others down as well. You are not in a position to truly gauge whether or not a person has a shot at prestigious ivy’s because you do not affect college decisions (I admit, neither do I, but I do not make such claims as yours). I acknowledge the fact that you might be being blunt, to provide a reality check for this student, but wouldn’t it be better to encourage this student, giving him advice on how to improve his extracurricular activities, or perhaps some ways to get into Cornell? Your response only contained pessimism and criticism, with absolutely no way of helping the original poster; you can improve a person’s life by giving them a form of “active criticism,” which incorporates ways of criticizing others, but also giving tips that help.</p>
<p>Your post on this thread isn’t your only post that sounds like this; I’ve lurked on some other threads where you give off an envious and spiteful feeling as well. Perhaps this is your way of being blunt, which, in that case, I’m sorry, but please do try to be more helpful next time, with crushing the hopes and dreams of successful students such as the opening poster.</p>
<p>With the above being said, I believe that @Bob0LI has a decent shot at Cornell. They value high scores and GPA’s, seeing how a lot of my peers (from years ago) got in with “decent” ECurriculars and high grades/SAT’S/ACT’S. I have to leave now, but I will be editing this post further to provide some helpful insight, and also to tell you ways to improve your EC’S (chance you as well, although I believe you have a pretty good shot at Cornell).</p>
<p>Sorry, I had to rush this post a bit, I have to leave laptop…</p>
<p>If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at –> <a href="mailto:shlee1@gmail.com">shlee1@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>For those that are probably wondering…
I did get into Cornell, but I ultimately chose Harvard for my undergraduate studies (Class of 2008)</p>
<p>Cheers,
ArrogantFinance.</p>
