<p>By "Super Students", I'm referring to those students with spectacular ecs: nationally awarded athlete, president of NSA or some major organization, founded a company, won Intel or some other major competition, played at Carnegie, interned at a prestigious college or company, etc.</p>
<p>How exactly is someone like me supposed to stand a chance against these types of people? Sure, my grades are pretty good and SAT score is pretty high, but do these items even matter? And of course, I'm involved in several clubs and the president of Movie Production Club, and will have roughly 600 hours of volunteer by senior year, but again- my ecs are nothing compared to those of others. On this forum, I constantly read the "chance" forums of various peers who have "started their own companies", "were nationally ranked for debate", etc. </p>
<p>There’s a school for everyone. Even “super students” go to all kinds of school, not just to Elite-U. .</p>
<p>Of the top 10 students that graduated last year, only one went to one that was particularly “prestigious”. Others went to in-state flagship or a neighboring state flagship.</p>
<p>However, there were several kids that were not in the top 10 who got accepted into places like G-Tech(OOS), WashU, among others.</p>
<p>To be honest, I doubt there are very many kids at all at my school who are considering the same universities I am.</p>
<p>You gotta remember that the people on CC are less than 1% of the population of people that actually apply to college. It depends on what colleges you are applying to and what your goal in life is. Personally, I found myself to be much happier after I stopped treating college as a competition (which meant focusing on myself and stop wandering around CC seeing if students like me got in) Everyone is different and just because one person did or didn’t get in, does not say anything about you. Neither does a school’s acceptance rate say anything about the college except it’s selectivity. The quality and what you make of it is completely up to you</p>