<p>People at my school think you’re a genius if your ACT score has two digits…</p>
<p>lololololo</p>
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lol 
I guess that’s a CCer, if you know what I mean</p>
<p>Let us lower our self-esteem even more, yes?</p>
<p>I’m sure the CC people had given you the dumbstruck every now and then. Reading CC does help on certain aspect, but all the condescension of it can’t be ignore, you know…the side effects you would have after you read these. Some people like the feels of it thought…as motivations or whatever. The reason for a question to be brought up of if CCers are a subculture or “real” even is because people want to know if the god-like competitors are more close-to-home than the anonymous Internet. (Add more gasoline into the fire of feeling inadequacy). </p>
<p>What I’m trying to say is that don’t be too harsh on yourself you guys.</p>
<p>When you go to a school with mostly Asians… Last year from my school 3 went to Harvard and 1 to each of the other Ivy Leagues. My life is depressing… On the last SAT (just the last one) 8 people got perfect scores</p>
<p>My classmate is getting at least a 98 in every class.</p>
<p>I know some CC like people, some are incredibly smart, some are just well rounded.</p>
<p>@similo My school’s profile.</p>
<p>I was homeschooled until graduation. Most homeschooled students I know weren’t/aren’t serious about academic “perfection” and want to go to Christian LACs like Patrick Henry College and Grove City College. I do know a few high achievers, including my sister, who want to go to selective secular schools – Princeton is a popular dream school, as are the military academies and, for CA residents, UCLA. But unlike stereotypical CCers, they generally have their priorities straight and try hard to enjoy things important to them via excellence instead of beating themselves up over grades in AP classes, test scores, and extracurriculars that look good on paper.</p>
<p>There are many stereotypes of homeschoolers, and the one I find truest is the kid who lounges around the house all day in PJs and works on school whenever it’s convenient. They become just as smart and educated as kids who spend all day at school and all night on homework, but at their own pace. They also know how to learn on their own, meaning they don’t think they have to take a bunch of tough classes in order to become highly knowledgeable.</p>
<p>We don’t even have high school “clubs” in the usual sense of the term. I know most homeschooled students through debate, where we have pretty well-organized teams. Many of them also compete with local high schools’ sports teams. Other than the healthy competition in those circles, they don’t obsess over being at the top of everything.</p>
<p>The first page of this thread (and probably the rest of them, i haven’t looked) is 95% shameless plugs, 5% actual text.</p>
<p>Seriously, look at the first page. “Yeah I have a 35 ACT and everyone thinks I’m going to Harvard…psh.” “Yeah I have a 4.0 and a 2390 SAT, no way I’m getting in. Psh.”</p>
<p>Ugh.</p>
<p>It’s a thread on College Confidential about College Confidential. What do you expect?</p>
<h1>humblebrag</h1>
<p>I wish I knew how to use the humble brag… I only have a 2400 and have won Intel 2 times…
/s</p>
<p>Omg. 
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<p>10 char</p>
<p>You guys are crazy. When i read all of this, I am really happy I don’t go to school in the States 
Resume building is NOT real life! At least not how I think it ought to be.
Around here (Germany), the average teenager has school from 8 until about 3, plays soccer/handball/dances in their free time, goes out to clubs/discos/bars/concerts around two nights a week, spends an hour in Starbucks every day and does his homework about once every week. They will end up with a 2.0 average (1 best, 6 worst).
My school is really competitive, and our top 10 students do the exact same thing, they just end up with a 1.5 or better. They are guaranteed admission to every subject in every single university except medicine and some other super-competitive subjects. There is a waitlist/lottery for those.
Most people spend a year abroad while in school or afterwards, in their holidays they go to lakes and the river banks every day, barbecue, dance and drink beer. Lots of beer.
Occasionally, they read a great book, motivate their friends to do so as well and then end up in Starbucks after a 5 hour shopping trip discussing Mann or Hesse or Schiller.
People also travel a lot. About 3 trips a year is considered average. 40% or so of university students study abroad.
People don’t worry unless they have below a 4.0 (which means you are not allowed to take the final exams). </p>
<p>They all go on to have a successful life.</p>
<p>^^^India however Is THE other side of the coin:)</p>
<p>@SophieIsabel:</p>
<p>CC!=The Rest of America.
Most kids in my school aren’t really as paranoid as the stereotypical CCer. Heck, keep in mind that only about a third of Americans have a college degree or higher, half my high school only wishes to graduate, and nothing about going to four year college.</p>
<p>You are right 
i am Sorry for generalizing.</p>
<p>Brb moving to Germany. ;)</p>
<p>I do, and it sucks. They talk about EVERYTHING they do and at the end of the day when I’m having a mental breakdown it’s because it’s hard NOT to compare myself to then. It’s like they were put on this earth to kick me down. But I guess that only makes me work harder.</p>