<p>I wasn't sure if this was the place to post this, so my apologies if I posted this under the wrong category.</p>
<p>Since I began my senior year, I have been addicted to CC. I search the forums everyday for advice to ease my worries and see that there are other people in my same situation. I never consciously went to CC to compare my stats to other students, but I realized that that's what I have been doing. I got a 28 on the ACT, which is still perfectly respectable, but I cannot help but feel inferior to the other people on here. I see kids with 36s and 4.0s getting into my dream school (University of Minnesota Twin Cities) and I won't lie, it hurts.</p>
<p>I have been on this site a lot less to get rid of these feelings, but I come on here occasionally still because I need the help from other people. This site has been a great tool to me overall. I would like to be able to use this site as I please without feeling like I am not good enough.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have this same problem? I hate not feeling "worthy" all of the time. Any advice or words of wisdom would be great! This time in my life is so overwhelming, so if anyone has ways of coping with this kind of stress, please share! Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I typically feel down when I see how different my scores are to others. However, I realize I can outshine fellow colleagues in other ways. Perhaps I only think this way because I just get average grades and attend a regular Uni but all in all just be happy with who you are. And if this site is really having an effect on you from seeing other peoples scores just don’t visit. However, you will find your entire life people will be somehow be better than you. Just how it is :P</p>
<p>This site can give one a very skewed perspective on college admissions and in no way represents the average college applicant. It is slanted towards people who are competing for spots in top colleges. You should not feel bad at all… I would advise you to stick with the threads that are less cut-throat competitive and less populated by people bragging about 4.5 GPAs and perfect SAT scores… there are threads for B students, special interest groups, and threads on more relaxed and even fun topics as well. Try to balance learning about the admissions process with some of the threads that are more friendly and low-key. Good luck. And remember- your college experience will be great if you make it great :)! Your future happiness and success will be built more on your attitude and initiative than fancy names and bragging rights.</p>
<p>Stop comparing yourself to others, and only compare yourself to yesterday’s self. You aim to improve upon yourself and not upon other people. You are bound to find people of higher level no matter where you are in life and we are not all equal. Let your status between people find itself by itself, and make it of no significance to you. In the mean time, determine your self-worth by your effort and how you improve tomorrow’s self and make it better than today’s self. You are not in a competition with anybody but yourself, and only yourself, because your effort is the sole determining factor in whether you improve upon yourself or not.</p>
<p>It’s a difficult habit to get going at first, but it is worth-while. Your mental health deserves the effort. I know this from experience (Medical school, you do the math).</p>
That’s really good advice, I will most definitely start looking in some different categories!</p>![http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/photo/aEwdDKN_700b.jpg[/url]](http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/aEwdDKN_700b.jpg%5B/url%5D){kind=link}
