Does anyone here regret trying to be "cool"?

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That’s assuming the OP bumps his grades up to B’s (and some C’s). I am not kidding when I say no college would accept him at this moment in time.

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<p>There are some 4,200 colleges in the US. Look up the GPA distributions of some of them on College Board; you’ll find that there are schools that would accept him. That’s because the vast majority of colleges are looking for people who can pay, which will keep the college afloat.</p>

<p>But like I said, they’re probably not the OP’s ‘dream schools.’</p>

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lol people here are just pointing out the truth

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<p>That doesn’t excuse rudeness or judgment (as everyone here is doing). The OP didn’t ask for that.</p>

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It’s too bad you feel insecure or something over this.

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<p>I don’t feel insecure at all; I got straight As in high school and am finishing my undergrad at Stanford, soon to start my PhD at MIT. But I’m also a decent person who isn’t going to put someone else down for no reason or make a snap judgment and follow it with an “lol it’s the truth.”</p>

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I know several people who are twice as popular as the OP probably will ever be, and they all had great grades and ECs.

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<p>Are you even listening to yourself? How do you know how popular the OP is? How do you even compare popularity? </p>

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It’s not a matter of how nerdy or not someone is, it’s just a case of not being able to do the way minimum effort. And like something else I said before, even the not-so-smart popular people don’t get D’s and F’s.

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<p>Please realize that you don’t know his situation, so you really can’t say.</p>

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By this point, the OP has to be seriously doing drugs all the time or something.

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<p>By this point, you should probably just stop posting.</p>