Competition with Classmates?!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hey You CC'ers!</p>

<p>Soo ... I'm pretty sure this is something that we all face. Competition with our classmates and it only gets worse with the college application process right? </p>

<p>So, here's a story that probably sounds familiar to all of you:</p>

<p>I'm applying to Stanford (whoopie, I don't know if I even have a chance to get in but that's not the point) and I have other friends who are applying too. I'm good friends with these people, but you know how this college thing is, it is fierce. You help the competition and you get hurt in the long run, right? Haha. I'd feel bad if my friends were to get in and I didn't get in, you know what I'm saying? </p>

<p>My dilemma comes to the point: Should I even help them at all? What should I do to say "I don't really want to help you"? </p>

<p>That kind of stuff. I need some insight!</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Have a nice day.</p>

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<p>You’re going to get two answers.</p>

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<p>EDIT: hahaha. Zapz :]</p>

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<p>lol what? I have to see if I used to do these antics :O</p>

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<p>I would advise against sabotaging your friends. I convinced my friend to feign a mental illness for college applications, and he ended up getting into Harvard.</p>

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<p>^^^Haha, I’m pretty much with the former view.</p>

<p>^Not only that, it’s lame, sad, useless, selfish… For college admissions your most intense competitions will come from outside of your own high school. Sabotaging your own classmates is… pathetic.</p>

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<p>true. by sabotaging your classmates, you’re really getting nowhere. have fun, enjoy life, hard work and motivation are gonna get you through, not selfishness and jealousy.</p>

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<p>Along with her random stuff on CC memory, fairy gave me the right to quote stuff for her.</p>

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<p>@christiansoldier: Bahahaha :D. I just actually read what you wrote.</p>

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<p>I had high hopes that you would catch my joke.</p>

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<p>“Not only that, it’s lame, sad, useless, selfish…”</p>

<p>^um, that was totally in reference to the “I would advise against sabotaging your friends” part of your post, because being the horrible reader that I am, I actually read only that first line without reading what came after it –>:o</p>

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<p>I don’t understand this mindset. I was incredibly disappointed when my friend was rejected from MIT. Why would I sabotage people I love?</p>

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<p>All’s fair in love and college admissions?</p>

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<p>College is simply a step, not the biggest part of life. Also, I would rather get into a school by my own merit, not through interference with others. Plus, if the steepest competition is sitting next to you, and you compare well, then maybe that’s good. If you don’t, and screw over your friend, someone else will just get that spot, not you. Focus on improving yourself, and try to be a good person.</p>

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<p>for whatever reason, a bunch of people from my class are in love with Brown and plan on applying there, including my best friend. It is also my dream school.</p>

<p>I’ll definitely help my best friend, because he has helped me a ton along the way in high school, and I’ve accepted the fact that there’s almost no chance we’d both get in with practically the same ECs, courseload, and GPA.</p>

<p>However, I may call that girl I always work with in English a friend, but I doubt I’ll talk to her one bit after graduation day. I don’t need to help her get into my dream school. I mean, I totally won’t sabotage, but still.</p>

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<p>Don’t help, but don’t make it apparent you don’t want to help</p>

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<p>^^ my friends got rejected from Brown, and I, who wanted to go to a liberal arts college, got in with unbelievably good financial aid, so I’m going</p>