<p>^ i second that okgirl !!</p>
<p>unfortunatly, my parents have completely bought into the myth that if i have good grades and high SAT every Ivy would want me.... which really sucks. i keep on trying to tell them it's not the same as Taiwan's system, but do they listen ?? noooo.</p>
<p>wait, what are these "working technologies" ?? I'm curious !!</p>
<p>Omg I was so terrified of this site and all these amazing people on it. Compared to all of these people with awesome stats, I am really mediocre looking. Especially with all those chance threads and people saying how they wouldn't get into any school. I think a lot of people bash others to improve their ego or try to eliminate some application competition...although there is plenty of really nice people offering good advice. I mostly used this site for learning about the whole application process because my school isn't up to date on that info.</p>
<p>yeah in regards to the main thread- yes i do feel CC scares me ...alot
i come onto forums probably twice a week and i just stare at all these chance threads and sat scores and class ranks and im like "Wow, I must suck at life!". But when i go back to school and get my tests back and all my grades in comparison with other students, i feel great because i feel that i achieved something. CC chance threads make me feel retarded or knowledgeably degraded..</p>
<p>Heh, when I was actually applying I steered clear of CC altogether. Too much anxiety and pressure. Now I'm waiting for my decisions, I hang out here occasionally and check out the boards for one of the schools I applied to (the others are either dead or I don't have as much interest in the school). I don't even touch the Chances forum. Too much anxiety.</p>
<p>The Chance forums scare the daylights out of me. I know I am an intelligent, well-educated student, yet the Chance forums make me feel like a complete idiot who hasn't done anything with his life. :(</p>
<p>We should abolish the Chance forums! ;)</p>
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unfortunatly, my parents have completely bought into the myth that if i have good grades and high SAT every Ivy would want me.... which really sucks. i keep on trying to tell them it's not the same as Taiwan's system, but do they listen ?? noooo.
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<p>can related to that... I got a 2160 on the SAT and my parents are like, "to go to Harvard you must get a 2400... then you're set... how in the heck did you get a score as low as 2160?"</p>
<p>so they bought me a bounty of SAT prep books and I'm retaking to get a 2300...</p>
<p>No, then the poor terrified people posting chances threads would spill over into just about everywhere else. XD I've posted one, too, just out of curiosity to hear the results, but I'm glad they're all herded into the Chances forum where those of us who get neurotic looking at them can pretend they don't exist.</p>
<p>I suspect that no more than 60-65% of the people on here who claim they have 2300+ SATs actually do. Same goes for those who spend time posting about their alleged community service. The perspective here is definitely useful (seems to keep everyone who actually tells the truth a bit down to earth), but many of the statements, profiles, etc should be taken with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>i know.. i got a 2280 and my parents were like , "great score but why didn't you get a 2300+ " ugghhh.
but im not retaking because i've heard that a 2280 is similar to a 2300. plus i honestly don't want to go through all that stress again.</p>
<p>I'm actually REALLY GLAD my parents have no idea CC exists. can you imagine if they got their claws into the Chances thread ? they'd have tried to make me into an olympic ice skater or something like that...</p>
<p>I think I read somewhere on there boards that adcoms read your application in one hand and hold your school profile in another. So, OP, they'll know your school restrictions. And, according to some adcom that was quoted in some article a while ago (I know, how specific and helpful), if APs are truly rigorous, you can't take more than a few a year anyway. So colleges will totally know that your level of accomplishment is outstanding, just like they know that people with 032490384 APs are in courses that don't challenge students in and of themselves, but rather merely provide a crash course on How to Get a 5 on Your AP Exam. </p>
<p>Don't flip out, guys! Yeah, this year's applicant pool is stiff. But if you were smart, you've applied to at least one sure thing and have marketed yourself cleverly on your apps. As a counselor at a prestigious public hs was quoted in a NYTimes article, "Tense Times at Bronxville High" said, to paraphrase, "Your son is still the same wonderful, accomplished boy that he was before he was rejected from [Princeton, etc.]. You should be very proud." </p>
<p>Even if your ECs aren't off the charts and your standardized test scores are shaky for CC standards (which is, like, everyone), you're an awesome person. Look at CC as a place for gleaning a few insiders pointers on colleges and college admissions, but take everything with a grain of salt. Because the only thing you know for sure about the people on this site is that they're as stressed as you are, and they'll either pose some sage advice or try and shake up your confidence because theirs is shot. (Hopefully I've managed to pull off the former with this particular post!)</p>
<p>seconding glassesarechic, a duke adcom told me that they judge courseload based on each individual school. (my school makes us take 3 yrs. of art--everyone looks like they have bad electives.)</p>
<p>are chance forums really that unrepresentative of ivy league applicants? everyone in my school applying to the ivies has a resume which includes national/state awards/positions and tons of extracurriculars and super-high stats (except cornell).</p>
<p>yea i was sure that i would get into the colleges i applied to but now im sure that i will not get into any</p>
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<p>at my school there are so many ppl with those resumes that aren't even thinking of applying to Ivies.</p>
<p>Coming on here makes me feel awesome!</p>
<p>I don't stress the little things. I have a sub 3.0 GPA. I am not in a single honors class. I am not taking a foreign language during high school. I am a sophomore, and I take Algebra 1. I take some fundamental level classes. I have never been on the honor roll in my life. I am going to art school after I graduate.</p>
<p>Life is good! It's not all about school!</p>
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<p>The point isn't whether the general pool of applicants will be stronger or weaker, it's just that it'll be bigger and it'll be different. Yes, there will be plenty of accepted students with the type of through-the-roof resumes you sometimes find in "Chances" threads. There will also be accepted students with the type of high-achieving-kid-next-door resumes that CC responds to with "No hook, no chance." And there will be acceptances of kids that you don't think belong within a hundred miles of the Ivy League. Obviously, all three of these types will have plenty of rejections, as well. Trying to rationalize it is a lot cause.</p>
<p>I know that this is going to fall on some deaf ears, but do your best and don't worry about anyone else. Use CC to ground yourself--to realize that there's a "crapshoot" element for even the best of students, to realize the importance of true safeties, to understand why you shouldn't stake everything on acceptance to one school--but keep your perspective.</p>
<p>And breathe, people, breathe ;)</p>
<p>i'm breathing !!</p>
<p>I think going on CC has made me aware of how talented some people are, and even though i do feel sometimes that its impossible to compete with those people, i'm just going to do what i love best and if that doesn't get me into my "dream school" i'll still be happy instead of say, being on a national olympic ice skating team and hating it (random example i just thought of ).</p>
<p>hmm CC isn't so bad.</p>
<p>go on AoPS.</p>
<p>people there complain about their 144 AMC12 scores. <em>OMG I FAILED</em></p>
<p>it makes me cry everytime</p>
<p>haha not but...still</p>
<p>it's a great site for remembering that at the end of the day, you're probably still within 2 standard deviations of the norm. </p>
<p>also, hilariously angry debates at the parent cafe.</p>
<p>I'm a frequent poster and I agree with the OP. Even if you don't have a 2400/4.5/1, you're probably on here, as enderkin said, "you're probably still within 2 standard deviations of the norm" for something.</p>