<p>Well, I don't think I've ever mentioned my grades.</p>
<p>*** some freshman kid called upperclassmen "aggravating" on a college website. the whole point of cc is to help guide people who are close to entering college. i.e not freshmen</p>
<p>It says NOWHERE that freshman cant be on these boards. I've already mentioned why I enjoy this site so please stop bugging us freshman and telling us to "go away" becuase I will respond with a passionate "NO!!!" And by the way, considering that im only 2 years younger than you I dont think youre in a position to call me a "kid", alright buddy...you dont want to get into an argument with this "kid" I can be vicious muahaha</p>
<p>I think you're all missing the main flaw in this thread:</p>
<p>The plural form of "freshman" is "freshmen".</p>
<p>G'day.</p>
<p>You know, for some reason, I have to agree with 1337no4k4. He makes a good point. I think freshmen in CC are NOT self-motivated. Lets think about it. Every kid does not like to study, am I correct? I mean, who like to sit down for hours working their booty off? And for a freshman to come here to talk about their stats and compare and get advice on what prep books are the best, and etc, that's weird. It is weird because if you ask any freshman who is "self-motivated", they would NOT come here. It just doesnt make sense.REASON: if someone is self-motivated, they would just study on their own without parental influence. It seems as if parents put pressure on the students to go to top schools that they are afraid to make their parents dissapointed, therefore comign here to make sure their track to go to top schools is going as planned. Hey freshmens, if you want to stay, stay. I am all for it, but just think about the pros and cons.</p>
<p>yea when i was a freshman my parents and grandparents did the whole pressure thing but i was always a rebel and did the opposite... one place that i wasnt was cc or somewhere studying for fun</p>
<p>Umm, some advice, do not jsut do things because of "college acceptance"... when you reach that age, there will be a lot of kids who are on the same level, and that "hook" that got you into a good highschool, means not so much. </p>
<p>And, for the future, stay humble and think of big fish, small pond. Otherwise, you will end up very frutrated in the college hunt.</p>
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You know, for some reason, I have to agree with 1337no4k4. He makes a good point. I think freshmen in CC are NOT self-motivated. Lets think about it. Every kid does not like to study, am I correct? I mean, who like to sit down for hours working their booty off? And for a freshman to come here to talk about their stats and compare and get advice on what prep books are the best, and etc, that's weird. It is weird because if you ask any freshman who is "self-motivated", they would NOT come here. It just doesnt make sense.REASON: if someone is self-motivated, they would just study on their own without parental influence. It seems as if parents put pressure on the students to go to top schools that they are afraid to make their parents dissapointed, therefore comign here to make sure their track to go to top schools is going as planned. Hey freshmens, if you want to stay, stay. I am all for it, but just think about the pros and cons.
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<p>I hardly ever study for anything, and studying isn't my way of fun. I don't come here for stats and to try to get advise on what prep books to use on stuff. And, at least for me, I don't think coming here will increase my chances of getting into college. In fact, I'm thinking that coming here will deacrease my chances.</p>
<p>And the only thing I'll probably do just to get into colleges is to fill out the application form, and take the SAT. I have other reasons for everything else I do.</p>
<p>First of all, you dont know me. I AM self motivated. Actually, my parents have no interest in school and are happy as long as I do my best. And I am not obsessed with college admissions...I strive to get good grades because I have high expectations for mself and it feels good to be successful. I am N more than a freshman, I am a person...and I want to go to this site then I damn well will...It is not disturbing or wrong...I enjoy conversing with other motivated teens. Stop prejudging me, so far its; been said that freshman on these boards MUST be overstressed "kids" who are pressured by their parents and whose lives depend on getting into Harvard..o and I dont think studying is "fun" wisea$$...</p>
<p>freshmen, you're certsinly welcome here. but a word to the wise- my friend introduced me to this sight the beginning of junior year, i'd check periodically. toward the end, i was posting a little. i checked in over the summer, no biggie. this year, i'm on every day.</p>
<p>so, unless you want your addiction to take you right up through app's senior year, you may want to just pretend CC doesn't exist, if only for your own sanity.</p>
<p>Yeah, erase CC from your memory for another 2 years. And stop making my own freshman year look bad, whatever freshmen are posting on this thread.</p>
<p>Another sign of your unpreparedness for CC is that, like theoneo said, you misspelled "freshmen" in the topic title. Such a lack of basic English skills shows you are not ready for such a site (unless of course, English isn't your first language). I suggest waiting until taking higher levels of English classes before coming here.</p>
<p>1337no4k4 makes great points. Look at the freshmen taking defensive stances. Just chill. Don't visit these forums now, considering you have 400 posts and you're a freshmen! (Shudders.) You'll have plently of procastination time by junior year, so use that time now and go out and hang out.</p>
<p>I didn't do crap freshmen year and it probably was more fun than these others. I went through high school drama, was amazed by the opposite sex, ****ed off others, got revenge, meticulously planned more revenge, and it probably was one of the best years. </p>
<p>Don't go here. Go away and go out and play ... frisbee. Or something.</p>
<p>haha, you upperclassmen are so funny! freshmen on CC are just doing what they see YOU do...identify themselves by their stats. let's face it, almost all hs students on CC (as well as their parents) identify yourselves by your stats, not by who you are INSIDE or by what you are all about in this world. </p>
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<li>what are my chances with a #.# GPA and #### SAT?</li>
<li>what hook do I need to get into ###?</li>
<li>what stats do I need to get into RSI or some other
SELECTIVE AND PRESTIGIOUS summer program?</li>
<li>what summer program(s) will look prestigious on my college app?</li>
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<p>you're all overzealous in your attempt to look "better" than your fellow CCers, and probably intimidate the you-know-what out of any "normal" students who may be lurking on CC.</p>
<p>sometimes, I think the CC name should be changed to EC (elitists confidential) !!!</p>
<p>one thing probably is true...early addiction as freshmen may lead to CC burnout by your senior year. so, enjoy yourselves, but don't take CC life so seriously.</p>
<p>runaway, to stay academically competitive, you, as a young AA female, DO have to stay on top of your game! STAY STRONG but do EXHALE once in a while and have some fun!</p>
<p>"haha, you upperclassmen are so funny! freshmen on CC are just doing what they see YOU do...identify themselves by their stats. let's face it, almost all hs students on CC (as well as their parents) identify yourselves by your stats, not by who you are INSIDE or by what you are all about in this world."</p>
<p>nice patronization, a$$hole.</p>
<p>there are just as many of us "upperclassmen" here who are reaping the obvious benefits of a message board - getting info about many different colleges, evaluating our chances by the accomplishments of other like-minded peers, and <em>GASP</em> supporting eachother in this ultra-stressful time of getting applications done. </p>
<p>i don't know about anyone else here, but I certainly don't "identify" myself as a GPA/SAT score. as for the general insinuation that we don't have passions? untrue, and ludicrous. who are you and what are you doing here, anyway?</p>
<p>You're right. I visit an athlete forums where I identify by 'that poster' by four things. His benchpress, deadlift, squat, and 100M dash time. </p>
<p>There's a difference though. Most of these althetes are pro-athlete seeking scholarships and endorsements. We get a lot of new posters that are new to it asking for ways to run a 10.5x 100M. As similar as that is to a new freshmen posting here asking how to score a perfect 2400. And as far as these different forums, we enter back the same stage. These new posters are by far, too young to care about specific goals yet. These posters want a specific hypertrophy program designed for them at the age of fourteen! Yet, it never hits them that they should not be worrying something at that young of an age. So they ignore our advice. They follow some random hypertrophy program designed for only mature members and come back and ask why they're burned out. Why they hit overtraining. Why they pulled two hamstrings in one meet. And so we look at them and wonder have they listened, or why did they ignore it when ten senior members told them not to bother.</p>
<p>They're too young. They're too young to care about endorsements, they're too young to think about breaking records, to holding school records, to qualifiying for Nationals. They're 14. They're 15. They're whole high school career has just begun. </p>
<p>And as far as these two forums go, the morals stay the same. Compare stats, and you'll burnout. You'll try to set some of the records of CC, perhaps you'll attempt to cure the most cancer tumors, you'll try to be at the most diaster scenarios, you'll attempt to take every SAT2, and you'll completely forget why you're learning. You'll forget that even though as MUCH as you want to deny it, sometimes that part of you LOVES to learn. Sometimes when the teacher draws the water molecule and you wonder if these is a God who made everything just "bind", you'll forget all of that. You'll only remember your goals, and in by doing so, (and believe me, I was one of those kids building a hypertrophy gaining method for track at 9th grade) you'll lose yourself. You'll end yourself in a pit, cursing that others are doing better, disapointed yourself. You'll be ****ed you didn't have four thousand volunteer hours, or didn't get accepted as the youngest member of the Peace Corps.</p>
<p>In short, you'll burnout. </p>
<p>So, as I remark on my senior year, I won't be making Harvard or any college in the top twenty, but you know what? Although I won't admit this to my friends and won't be saying this again, I loved high school. </p>
<p>Please, enjoy it. You're smart enough to know how much to care. You won't fail classes, and you'll get lost in new friendships and possibly learn by losing old friends.</p>
<p>YEAH! you are right freshmen. We don't give a crap about you guys. You guys can go get addicted to CC until the rest of your life and we won't care. Seriously, people, just let them stay and make them cry in the future when people asked them what they did during their high school years. Like a conversation can be:
So Mister BLAH BLAH, " how was you high school days.. fun huh?!"
Former freshman on CC ," well Sir, I spent my spare time on this website called college confidential and I had A BLAST because I found out blah blah blah is good for college."
Mister blah blah," ..... wth"</p>
<p>yea seriously, you must realize that a lot of my friends and people I know that went to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, UPenn, COlumbia, UCLA, Georgetown, etc. didnt even go on CC. Reason: They didn't care how they were doing compared to others. They just did what they liked and folllowed their passions and kept their grades up and got into those good schools.</p>
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<p>Are you serious? Obviously I know the plural of freshman....I didnt know my grammar and spelling was being analyzed....I type fast...</p>
<p>Anyway, as I;ve said numerous times, I am not going to stop posting here. I LIKE this website. And this is a HIGH SCHOOL page....And most of my 400 posts are not even school related....I talk about movies, music, politics, books..I think you guys need to accept that freshman also enjoy this site and stop being so condescending. And do any of you read my post....I just said that I am not worried about getting into Harvard or any other ********....I just like talking to other ambitious teens. You upperclassmen need to rid yourlseves of this damn Napoleon complex. This site will not poison my mind and predispose me to think that if I dont get into the ivy league I will never be successful. Please stop assuming that I;m some dumb freshman whose mind will be poorly influenced from these boards...Its ANNOYING!</p>
<p>I've never once posted my SAT score, or my GPA. I've never asked for help in increasing my SAT score, and I've definetly never asked how to get a 2400. I'm not going to try to take all the SAT 2's, and I'm not trying to volunteer for as many hours as I can, and I'm not trying to join the PEace Corps or anything. I'm not asking how to get into Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Columbia, UCLA, or Georgetown. In fact, I don't even want to go to most of those colleges. So please stop thinking I'm some really ambitious freshman, who only wants to get into HYPS, and only cares about what looks good to them, because I'm not.</p>
<p>You know what Shravas, I'm not going to beat the tree anymore. (Or whatever the phrase goes.) </p>
<p>You think being around ambitious people won't make you ambitious? You'll see what I mean. But I'm not going to say anything else. As my other forums have done, we'll just sit back and let everything take it's turn.</p>
<p>May you have the best of wish of whatever you wish to take from these forums.</p>
<p>To all those who believe that freshman have no buisness being on CC: you should all be asking yourselves what exactly is wrong with being ambitious, planning for your future and not wanting to wait until last minute to think about the direction of your life. Getting into college is not an easy task and therefore,I think there is no problem with doing some early planning. As said earlier, this is a "High School Life" thread and freshman are officially highschoolers, so we have every right to do our think and post. So, it's just nonsense to come on here and tell us that we shouldn't post. Besides, I know that none of y'all are going to keep me from educating myself on CC, so just let me be.</p>