<p>I know 1. He’s in my class, and he’s a really neat person in real life. He’s extremely helpful as well.</p>
<p>In an upper middle class neighborhood, you’re bound to find people like this. There’s definitely a few in my school.</p>
<p>I know one girl. I don’t want to reveal too much to protect her privacy, but she just got into a HYPSM with a near-perfect SAT, super-high GPA, founder and president of a major club, vice president of another and 2 major internships. She’s one of the overachiever types I wish I were.</p>
<p>Then there’s one of my best friends, who constantly amazes me. She’s only 12, but she’s already a freshman in high school and planning to graduate 2 years early, and she’s so mature I didn’t believe at first how young she was. Perfect GPA so far, and she’s absolutely amazing at science and wants to be an astronaut. She also sings like an angel and is always getting invited to sing in big national choirs, and on top of all that, she wrote an actual novel. Even though she’s so incredibly talented, I have trouble characterizing her as a CC type because she’s so chill about school and everything.</p>
<p>Hi
This is completely off topic but,
Does anyone know how I can start a new thread?
I’m new to CC & I have NO CLUE!
Thanks.</p>
<p>I live in California. Today at a debate tournament I was talking to someone who said: I’m gonna aim for Berkeley. I’m not that great only a 2370, 4.7 GPA and 5 AP classes junior year. Some people at my school have 5.0s, 2400 and ECs out of the roof 
Makes me hate myself and wonder why I don’t work harder, but that’s CA for you.</p>
<p>@Mvaid28, At the top left of each forum and sub forum is a “New Thread” button. Just click on that and type in what you want to say and you’ve made a new thread! 
Hope this helps.</p>
<p>I know someone who did research, math camps, and took many APs as a freshman. I’m trying to outdo that this year by doing research myself, and making USAMO, USNCO regionals, USABO Semis, and USAPhO semis.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my school was filled with overachiever CC-type kids. You know… kids who retook 2380s on the SAT, joined tons of clubs to boost their resume, freaked out over 3.9 GPAs, etc.</p>
<p>“I’m trying to outdo that this year by doing research myself, and making USAMO, USNCO regionals, USABO Semis, and USAPhO semis.”</p>
<p>The initial tests for these are offered by your school, right?
My school doesn’t do any of these and I don’t want to be hurt by that in the college admissions process.</p>
<p>I definitely don’t know anyone as unbelievably smart (that also has to do with the fact that my school doesn’t ALLOW anyone to take 15 APs unless you self-studied for over 1/2 of them, etc.) No prestigious competition winners, either. </p>
<p>I do know people as over-competitive, though. Everything they do is aimed at getting into an Ivy, and their enjoyment towards the activities are considered irrelevant. Sad, really.</p>
<p>lol no, fortunately. The elitism among some of the higher-scoring members of my class is a bit troubling, though, and is reminiscent of some of the people I read of here. My scores are among the highest at my school, but here, they’re comparatively mediocre. I hear of people saying, “2300+ SAT, oh man, that ruined my day” and I’m not really sure what to do other than maybe pity them for worrying about such minute things such as whether they’ll get into Harvard with a 2370 or a 2380. As someone who attends an inner-city school in the Midwest, the thought of that is completely foreign to me. Also, the ridiculous ECs make me laugh as well. Some people are naturally going to have more opportunities than others, but some of the things I see here are incredible.</p>
<p>There’s one girl who comes close (35 ACT, ranked in the top 1% of her class, pretty much straight A’s across the board, multiple leadership roles, participates in almost all of the extra-curricular activities at my school, and she’s an absolute genius), but she’s not particularly competitive and focuses more on enjoying whatever she’s doing than she does on whether colleges will be impressed with her. I’m not trying to be condescending toward the members here, as they’re incredibly smart people (and/or incredibly good at testing) – I’m just kind of amazed.</p>
<p>“ranked in the top 1% of her class”</p>
<p>My class is so small I’m not even sure the valedictorian is in the top 1%.</p>
<p>I know people that have no lives, but not because they are studying. My brother, for instance, plays video games 24/7 and gets Ds in school and he’s not even in high school yet. But he has ADHD like me and I remember I went through a phase where I had no motivation, either (never got Ds or anything but I wasn’t an A student).</p>
<p>But now that I realize how important going to a good school is to me I’ve done everything within my power to be perfect after a horrible freshman year. My GPA is 3.74 weighted, my SAT is 2150, and ive taken 3 APs so far, so I’m below average for a CCer. But to make up for my freshman year, I skip lunch at school to study and I don’t even make time to exercise. Does that make me a typical CCer? Or would I need to have perfect stats? This question is kind of open for debate IMO.</p>
<p>Idk I am at the top of my class, have promising SATs, decent ECs… there are a few other kids at my school with whom I am at par and I feel have better ECs than me, but no one has done anything super significant extracurricularly. I mean we have a great debater, fantastic musicians, and people who just seem amazing, but no one who’s cured cancer or anything of that nature…</p>
<p>My dream school is Harvard, and everyone says, “Oh of course you’re getting into Harvard. If not you, who else?” I want to believe them, but it is against my reason to do so… I just don’t feel amazing like all these CCers, and I know I don’t stand I chance. But I desperately want to be superhuman.</p>
<p>Judge me, am I or am I not?: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1409730-chance-me-top-schools-thanks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1409730-chance-me-top-schools-thanks.html</a></p>
<p>It really depends on how competitive the school is. Schools like Phillips academy or Stuyvesant High School are probably comprised of a lot of students like “typical CCers”.</p>
<p>Some people in my school are the students on CC. They’re rude and stuck up and only wish to beat the person sitting next to them.</p>
<p>No not really, maybe like 1 or 2 people. I actually had to convince one of my friends that the ACT doesn’t make you retake the ACT if you get above a 30 to “prove you didn’t cheat.”</p>
<p>eh, a couple, but even then, they aren’t the classic CC student, but definitely way above average for my school.</p>
<p>Someone thought I was taking all AP classes (as if there was an AP class for gym…) and they said I was going to Harvard…uh no.</p>
<p>I don’t know anyone at all like that. Hell, I wasn’t like that in HS. Sure, I have the 4.0 now in college, and have much higher ACT scores the second time around, but I dropped out of high school.</p>
<p>I, too, doubt that everyone here is like that. Sure, some, but definitely not all. Probably not even half.</p>
<p>I don’t know any typical CCers, and I’ve had a similar experience to other people. I have a 2170, and that’s “enough to get me into any college.” People are like “wow, you must be really smart,” and I want to point out that getting a high SAT score doesn’t really correlate that much to intelligence. I know people with high SAT scores who are essentially idiots…</p>