How competitive are you?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>so.... how competitive are you? are you pretty much laid back and don't like to compete for better grades and stuff? are you one of those cut-throat competitive people? personally, i think there is something wrong with me because i really hate for other people to beat me. sometimes, i think that the only reason i do certain things is to beat out people and not because i am good at those things. on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, how competitive are you? if you want then give a brief description of your competitiveness.
Me:</p>

<p>Schoolwork (grades): about an 8 or 9
Sports: loosing would psychologically cripple me for life. luckily i'm really good.</p>

2

<p>with schoolwork I’m probably a 9 or 10. unfortunately, I don’t study or do all my work so its really difficult to be the best lol.</p>

3

<p>Schoolwork: 8-9, It would be a 10 but I never do my homework. If I don’t get above a 95 on every test I take, I get quite depressed.
Sports: 10, losing isn’t an option lol. I train year-round for all my sports.</p>

4

<p>I get jealous if people do better than me. So I guess I am pretty competitive. :slight_smile: I try to keep it to myself, though. Sooooo 7 for school, and 8 for ecs.</p>

5

<p>Schoolwork: Fairly competitive, it depends on the class. In my AP chem class, I would really love to be at the top (I’m third right now w/ a 103), because that class is full of crazy intelligent people and there is zero grade inflation. I’m top in my AP bio class and I don’t really care because it isn’t as hard a class. As long as I have As I don’t really care about the classes that aren’t challenging. I’d say a 7 overall.</p>

<p>Sports: I’m not a fantastic runner (Track and xc) so I can’t really be that competitive, but I like to do the best I can, and would definetly be ashamed if I was last or something in a race.</p>

6

<p>Not very. </p>

<p>Some of my activities, I place nationally in; others, I just do because… I can. It’s just basically whatever I’m interested in and makes me happy.</p>

7

<p>Schoolwork: Not very. I get A’s but I’m the type that settles for 90.1’s. If somebody goes for a 99%, well its not really my problem. </p>

<p>Sports: As long as I know I had practiced and done my best, I don’t fear losing, which happens most of the time for tennis.</p>

8

<p>10 in everything…</p>

<p>I’m cutthroat competitive…And I love It!</p>

9

<p>More competitive than you :)</p>

10

<p>school: 9
sports: I lost friday night in a huge game and I tried to start a fight, i rage when i lose in sports 10</p>

11

<p>Type B personalities are generally happier and live longer.</p>

12

<p>^what’s a type B personality?
and it seems from current responses that people tend to be more competitive in sports than in school. interesting</p>

13

<p>I’m not especially competitive. I want to win, sure, but I try to do it on my own abilities, not by sabotaging the efforts of others. Likewise, I don’t have too many negative thoughts or feelings if I don’t come up on top, as long as I was beaten fairly. Instead, I’d think about I could’ve done, learn from it, and move on. Losing happens once in a while to all of us.</p>

14

<p>6/7 ish in school.</p>

<p>Being in a non-competitive school is a reason for this “low” rating. It’s not cutthroat at all, but of course I want to be #1!</p>

<p>But bring out a board game and I’m like a 10. :P</p>

15

<p>Not at all. My school is full of crazy 9/10s and they never understand me. I once got literally yelled at by a classmate before a test for looking too unconcerned. It apparently made her nervous? I just don’t see the point of raising my blood pressure over a grade. In the end, my GPA is not lower than any of theirs. I think it’s a personal choice, and I admire their commitment, academically and emotionally, but I could never, ever live like they (and apparently most of you) do.</p>

16

<p>My school is pretty competitive, and while I’m annoyed when I do worse than most of my friends on a test or something, I try for MY best instead of for THE best. When I do badly on a test, it doesn’t help to know that everyone else did, too; my grade is not affected by others’ grades, so why should my learning be?</p>

17

<p>I’d rather spend my energy (or lack thereof) competing with myself, because in the end, that’s all that matters.</p>

18

<p>10 in all catagories… </p>

<p>I am competitive to all things, everything, and I truly enjoy it.</p>

19

<p>I’m probably about a 5 or 6 in all categories. I’m just not a very competitive person. I just try to do the best that I can without worrying about how everyone else is doing.</p>

20

<p>My school is not very competitive… especially when it comes to grades. Even asking what about the grades of others is seen as obsessive. Anyway, I think I’m naturally competitive, but I’ve since learned that being obsessively so doesn’t pay when all your friends are so damn gifted ^.^
Yeah, but what would psychologically cripple me for life? Being below average at something. I know, GASP, it’s inconceivable. I actually don’t mind being average at a few things.
Anyway, whatever environment I’m in, I’m most comfortable in the upper quartile, unless I consider the other people stupid or incompetent. In which case I would be annoyed if I wasn’t first.
I’m an 8, I guess.</p>