<p>o.O
What is that 99% doing?</p>
<p>Not getting a 2340 on their SAT.</p>
<p>(By objectively, I meant GPA/SAT/SATII).</p>
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<p>I like to believe that college admissions are not just comparing the applicants’ statistics (SAT, GPA, number of ECs), although it could very well be that. So it’s entirely possible that you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>As for the math contest (which was probably the AMC, right?) did you practice sufficiently? Many people go in with no practice because they don’t appreciate the seriousness of the exam, and do poorly even though they’d do fine with a bit more preparation.</p>
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<p>Probably a bit more than 99%, a 2340 is a rather good score.</p>
<p>I wish my parents were college educated but they were immigrants so the only thing they know about school is good grades and bad grades. They didn’t know squat about EC’s and SAT’s. </p>
<p>When I have kids, I’m going to tell them everything about college admissions before they even enter high school.</p>
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<p>Please don’t. You’ll just stress them out. You can micromanage from the sidelines.</p>
<p>They will be more stressed out if they find out that it’s too late to make EC’s.</p>
<p>There’s a difference between telling them to join clubs because it’ll be fun and you’ll make more friends and OMG YOU MUST DO EC’S OR ONLY COMMUNITY COLLEGES WILL TAKE YOU RAWR!</p>
<p>I definately get where you’re comeing from Azn
I wish I had been involved in something productive when I was younger…</p>
<p>My guidance counselor told me a very nice thing an admissions counselor told him: “The minute your students try thinking like an admissions counselor is the minute they become lost. Work hard and be the best you can be.” </p>
<p>I think that’s pretty simple, efficient advice. There’s no reason to get all stressed out and in a frenzy if you don’t get into Harvard. There are several good schools that give excellent financial aid that will provide you with wonderful resources. Work hard, have fun, and do your best.</p>
<p>@heather Yes, I agree with you. Passion is hard to display and too difficult to judge, but if you can at least demonstrate the reason behind your ECs or competitions, you can gain the advantage in the admission process, from my perspective at least. But then again, what do I know? I’m only a rising sophomore.</p>
<p>@AznSkyDragon Please don’t do that to your children, it isn’t fair.</p>
<p>Passion is also hard to display when you didn’t join any clubs because you didn’t realize the importance of them. But anyways, I’m not going to force my kids to do anything outside of grades, I’ll just give them a heads up.</p>
<p>^ Whew~ Heads up are acceptable lol. Seriously though, my parents are the coolest people alive, they let pursue whatever I find interesting. We didn’t start talking about colleges until my junior year lol. They asked me what colleges or universities I liked and told me to go for it.</p>
<p>So is this how tiger parents are created…xD</p>
<p>Lol my definition of tiger parents is always hovering over your kids and not letting them do what they want with their lives. I consider giving a heads up more of a “wise parent”.</p>
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<p>This can always cheer you up</p>
<p>Hi guys, rising college freshman here. I’ve read these forums on and off the past two years, and I finally decided to make an account (at 10:30 on a Wednesday, lol) to tell you all to RELAX! If you’re about to start applying to colleges, don’t stress about what you should or shouldn’t have done during your HS career. Instead, focus on how to best represent yourself to colleges and showcase whatever you DID accomplish.</p>
<p>Last summer I was in the same position you guys are in. I knew I had a competitive application, but the natural thoughts of doubt and “what else could I have done?” crept in. I ended up applying to 6 schools and got admitted to all of them, including my “reach” school, Rice University. Just stay the course and you’ll all be fine</p>
<p>Lol Apollo that is pretty cool, at first I was thinking of the website that tried to copy CC.</p>
<p>I don’t really know why I go on this website…</p>
<p>Please, let’s all get our heads stuck out of our asses. Your high school grades and undergrad school aren’t everything. I sound like a terrible influence, but <em>don’t</em> listen to your parents. Sure, get that 4.0, 2400 SAT score, become captain of five sports and install toilets in Guatemala. But all that will happen is that you will get into a nice school, like Columbia, Rice, Duke, etc. Then you will enter college and graduate with your diploma. Then you will either get a second degree or enter the workforce. Bosses will smile when they see your school(s). Most don’t look at your GPA’s. Then you will probably work in a cubicle. And as more and more people are reaching and achieving that 4.0, the more likely this will happen.</p>
<p>A 4.0 is a number. It says that you worked hard in school and probably had some intelligence on your side. That is not and has never been enough to make it in life. Unless you are sitting in that cubical doing a job you absolutely love, you will hate life. Unless you’ve developed a personality and hobbies and a social life, you will hate your life. Actually, Americans are one of the most overworked workforce in the world. We get the least vacation days and work the most hours per week. Your goals should never revolve around a number.</p>
<p>Sorry for my rant :)</p>
<p>If you base your confidence in yourself on what you read on this website, you are doing it wrong.</p>