<p>To smilemyonly, I did not tell people about my 2320 SATs. I told one friend of mine, whom I believed to be a close friend, but he proceeded to blab my score to everyone in the grade. Do not assume that we all go prancing around flauting our report cards. Like samurkai says, I’m that kid that sits in the back and talks a lot, meanwhile I get some of the highest averages in my classes. I do not study rampantly, hardly ever actually. I would much rather play tennis or go to parties with friends. Report cards are handed out, at least in my school, during homeroom, so when my card is snagged or stolen from me, I really have no say in who sees it. I don’t want to sound like I’m playing the victim card here, because I am not a victim, it’s just don’t assume that I go around bragging about my grades and SATs. Compared nationally, they are nothing special, and I am well aware of that.</p>
<p>@smilemyonly: When somebody who you are friends with tells you their SAT score and then asks you what you got you aren’t really in a position to say “well I’m so humble that I’m not going to tell you my score.” Trust me, I’ve tried before and people give me a weird look and then ask me what I got again. Once 1 person knows, it doesn’t take long for other people to find out, especially if its 2300+</p>
<p>@smilemyonly - I agree completely with the posters above. If you have friends with collegiate aspirations, then tests scores and GPA tend to come up, and if somebody asks outright it’s not too easy to deflect. When people ask where I want to go to school, I just say somewhere far far away from Wisconsin. That being said, the way my scores got out wasn’t even by telling friends. My parents told my grandparents who told some other parents that I got a 36, and they told their kids, and soon all the other tennis kids in the Midwest knew. I didn’t offer it, but when you score like that word tends to get out. What people do with that information is their choice once they have it. I’m staying with somebody out of town this weekend and at the parties we went to was basically introduced as “this is ____. He got a 36.” It’s not like it’s a terrible stigma, it justs makes everybody really awkward around you</p>
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<p>The other day at awards ceremony they called me for A/B honor roll (one AP B). Not that A/B should be an honor but whatever. My parents said a teacher in front of them immediately turned around and asked in a shocked voice what happened that I’m not perfect. Students and parents alike go around well, he’s so smart/talented that he doesn’t have to worry about getting into wherever. No, I’m not that smart but unlike others, I do my homework and get it turned in. Others look down their noses claiming making state is nothing that they couldn’t do if they cared enough to try out. And no, I’m not majoring in my talent area so there’s no hope for scholarships coming from that direction. </p>
<p>Yesterday, I asked a new graduate what his plans were. He thought he’d go into the medical field since he was in the top half of his class. Yeah, he might start this summer on his core classes but hadn’t sent in an application anywhere. No, he hadn’t gone to any orientations but that’s ok because he can just walk in. No, he doesn’t have any college credits from hs because he didn’t want to take AP or dual credits. </p>
<p>totally annoying… totally clueless…</p>
<p>I agree, guys. If you dont want the annoying attention, tell everyone that you think you’re going to go to your community college/state university because it’s cheaper than Harvard/Yale/whatever. Chances are they’ll all back down and you can work on your dreams by yourself without all that negative hype.
Don’t blab. I think a lot of people on CC (me included…) really crave attention sometimes for our academics, but in the end, giving off that perfectionist image doesn’t really do anything for you. Especially when you get rejected.</p>
<p>Actually I’m the other way around. I hate the kids who complain when they get 95% on tests and 2010s on SATs</p>
<p>//When somebody who you are friends with tells you their SAT score and then asks you what you got you aren’t really in a position to say “well I’m so humble that I’m not going to tell you my score.”//</p>
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<p>I sort of had this problem. One of my friends, who I thought for sure would rock the SAT, was chatting with me one day. I asked her her score, out of curiosity. It as barely 1700. So she asks me my score… and I was like, um… 2250? It was really awkward. I was almost certain she’d score 2100+.</p>
<p>Yeah, I feel bad when I say, “Eh, a 2250” when people ask me my score. They get a little ****ed. But they are being unrealistic… virtually everyone thinks that because I’m salutatorian, I have good EC’s, I’m doing Gov School, and I’ll have good recs/letter/interview, that I will AUTOMATICALLY get int Harvard and Princeton. In reality, 90% of people applying to those colleges have similar things as me, and 60% have better things. So it’s really, as everyone’s been saying, a matter of misinformation.</p>
<p>Yeah, tons of misinformation. I know a kid who told me I’d get into Caltech because I was legacy and a girl…except that Caltech doesn’t care about either. 
I’m not going to say OMG MY LIFE IS SO HARD–I know perfectly well that there are a lot of people who would love to be in my place–but as someone who’s still coming to terms with the fact that she’s not as special as everyone told her she was, it’s not fun to have it thrown back in your face like that.</p>
<p>Just wish people would get that I’m not some kind of perfect unholy genius or whatever. I fail tests sometimes! (Surprisingly often, in fact, considering my GPA.)</p>
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<p>I don’t complain about 95%, but to be perfectly honest I would have been incredibly unhappy with 2010. Why should I be satisfied with something that is considerably lower than what I’m capable of?</p>
<p>^^^Complete agreement! I am a very goal-oriented person and I set standards for myself. I set goals for myself, and I will achieve those goals if it is at all possible. I try to the best of my capability. I knew that I was capable of exceeding a 2200 on the SATs, and when I exceeded 2300, I’ll admit, I exceeded my own expectations. In the end, I really only think people complain on these forums due to ridiculous standards we set for ourselves. I mean, even though some kid might say, “Retake a 2270??”, who are we to say a 2270 is a good score? If he/she feels that they are capable of a 2300, then why shouldn’t they go for it. Obviously we can add our two cents about not wasting the $40, but it all depends upon the standards the student sets for him/herself. My stepbrother is a good student, smart kid, and he took the SATs recently. He got a 1790 on the SATs, and was thrilled. I was sooo happy for him. Even though I personally would have been devastated with those scores, he was thrilled so I was thrilled. He also has straight As in all honors classes at a well-respected private high school in Massachusetts. It all depends upon what we expect of ourselves. I, personally, and like many others on CC, expect nothing but the best and am disappointed when I fail to meet those obnoxiously high standards. It’s all subjective.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s nice, but like others have said: if you get in somewhere nice, they’ll just respond with “Well, that’s no surprise.”. If you don’t get in, they’ll say “OMG***???”.</p>
<p>Where I am, it’s not just a problem with friends. Even the teachers (and I think one of them was a counsellor for 10+ years) say that they’re sure I’d be accepted at MIT (and in his words, “any university will accept you”/“no, listen to me, you WILL get into MIT”) without even knowing my SAT marks. And I’m so sure that I’d never get into anything like that I’m considering not applying…</p>
<p>It’s one thing when your friends have no idea what universities look for; it’s quite another when the people who are supposed to have experience seem to know very little…</p>
<p>Anyone does have a chance anywhere.</p>
<p>But… I go to a college-prep school. I think everyone’s pretty much understanding of the process.</p>
<p>Face it… if you have straight As, good ECs, and great SAT scores… you CAN get into any normal-good college. (State universities, private schools with 35%+ acceptance) You can even get scholarships.</p>
<p>So to say that someone is ignorant because they think you have a good chance of getting into an amazing college… well… that’s crazy.</p>
<p>In my opinion… the ivies are not necesarily the best schools in the country. They just have the most prestige and are the hardest to get into.</p>
<p>You should NEVER judge a school by its prestige and its acceptance rate. That’ll make you miserable when you get there.</p>
<p>(For example… I visited: Princeton, Columbia, Georgetown, and American this past March. My least favorite school was Princeton and my favorite was American.)</p>
<p>Now, if you’re not blindsited by prestige… and you like an ivy school, then Go You.</p>
<p>Anyways away from my ramblings… If you’re on CC, you’re probably above average anyways and your chances of getting into a selective school are extremely high. =)</p>
<p>are u guys seriously mad that people think and know of you as smart. jeez i wish people thought of me as smart and actually expected me to get into a really good school.</p>
<p>We like to be considered smart (showing our hard work doesn’t go without someone seeing it) … it’s just when you get your English test back, get a 98%, and someone see’s your test and says “OMG OMG OMG OMG I BEAT NICK!!!” And after that, the whole class compares to what you have. </p>
<p>In English for me, everyone tries to beat my scores for some reason… when I really don’t care what they get or what I get. It’s an easy class.</p>
<p>And I DO find it funny how everyone says that you’ll get into HARVARD. It’s like, uhm, I don’t want to go there?? Lol.</p>
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<p>Because it’s fun to have everybody ask what you got after every test and make a big deal about getting higher.</p>