<p>OK, guys. I don't know whether or not you have seen my "venting" thread (do search cuz im not quite sure where it's located). Anyways, it seems to be a success and the people who use it seem to enjoy it. So, I have decided to start another thread (on the Ivy, top college, and college admission forums) to help soothe the emotions of the over-stressed CC'ers. Simply put, anyone on these forums who has gotten into any ivy league schools (or something comparable) and tell of any competitions they DID NOT win, any tests they DID NOT ace, etc. Bascially, show the frazzled CC'ers that you are human, that you are not god. Thanks to all who respond!</p>
<p>P.S. I am one of these CC'ers who could use this.</p>
<p>Heh. CC has a completely different meaning at Yale.</p>
<p>Guess I'll start.</p>
<p>In elementary school, I was favored to win the regional spelling bee... until I only had one "r" in my "February."</p>
<p>My junior high science competition was to build a machine to safely convey an egg 10 meters. My ill-conceived design utilized a trebuchet.</p>
<p>Mathcounts. Does that still exist anymore? I captained a team that won state. As captain, I was the only member that didn't make nationals.</p>
<p>The previous year, my high school won Nationals for Science Bowl. My year as captain was the first time in my school's history that we lost state.</p>
<p>My debate partner and I went 0-4 in our first novice tournament. We were also last and second-to-last chair, second violin, our freshman year. Also our freshman year, we went 0-6 in our first varsity national debate tournament.</p>
<p>Those are my more glorious failures. I failed parallel parking on my driver's test. I still form an "L" with my fingers to tell left from right. </p>
<p>We're all human. At Yale, a friend of mine fell asleep in one KBT's elevators and pressed the emergency stop button. He also fell asleep in the Phelp's Gate computer lab and became trapped when the CAs locked up. Someone got a 4 (out of 100) on Prof Barry's Intro Micro Econ midterm --simply drawing a supply and demand curve on every question would have gotten partial credit for a 20. Another classmate of mine couldn't figure out that in shared bathrooms, especially in co-ed bathrooms, the first place to cover with a towel shouldn't be his hair. </p>
<p>CC '00</p>