<p>This other girl in my school thinks she has the audacity to compete against my extracurriculars and scores. When she learned I had an internship at xyz or started a new extracurricular, she did just the same. She wants to go to Harvard, but she got a C+ in Chemistry Honors. </p>
<p>She doesn't know I was able to bypass the typical sophomore curriculum and take AP classes to boost my rank. But if she found out, she'd copy me and do just the same. Her mom is like the extreme case of a helicopter parent and plans every extracurricular for her.</p>
<p>This post sounds extremely arrogant and pretentious, but I can't stand this girl. How do I beat her????</p>
<p>Don’t try to, actively. Just let it be and keep doing what you’re doing, and don’t let your every secret “get out.” I always feel a bit sorry for people like her, who are continuously pushed by their parents in directions that they don’t want to go.</p>
<p>oh, and not sure if this was your intention, but saying she thinks “she has the audacity” to compete with you sounds just a bit arrogant, haha. I get it, you’re working hard and you’re way ahead…but still.</p>
<p>Yup, the problem is her mom is willing to shell out big bucks so she can attend SAT test prep classes, go to pre-college programs, overnight conferences, or buy her extracurriculars :/</p>
<p>Meanwhile, I have to fund-raise and ask strangers for money…</p>
<p>There’s only one thing to do. Meet at high noon behind the cafeteria with graphing calculators. The first one to error must kneel and admit to being the inferior student.</p>
<p>Whenever there’s someone that really makes me mad and I feel like I need to be better than them, I just tell myself that I’ll end up better than them in the long run…you should do the same and stop worrying about “beating” her, it might actually hurt you in the long run to focus on being better than her. If her mom is such a helicopter parent, eventually this girl will crack and rebel or slack in college or something, I’ve seen it before.</p>
<p>If you’re working hard for what you’re doing, you’re always gonna be the better person. You have better work ethic, more independence, etc. Best advice, even though it’s difficult, is to never share what you’re doing with anyone.</p>
<p>It’s not about what you accomplish. It’s about what you become to accomplish said thing.</p>
<p>She can’t keep it up forever if it isn’t her own goal to succeed. She will crash and burn, eventually. You need to stop worrying about beating her and just make sure that you keep yourself on the right path and at the top.</p>
<p>“Yup, the problem is her mom is willing to shell out big bucks so she can attend SAT test prep classes, go to pre-college programs, overnight conferences, or buy her extracurriculars”</p>
<p>Test prep classes are completely unnecessary, and from what I’ve read colleges aren’t all that impressed by programs you can buy your way into anyway. There are plenty of free programs (though they tend to be more selective).</p>
<p>This girl isn’t a bad person for competing with you, you’re not morally better than her unless she’s cheating or something, and she probably won’t be a failure in life just because her parents spoil her.</p>
<p>Yeah, just wondering but she got an “National Design” award. You basically create a sign for this corporate company She said she was ranked #7 out of 1,200 people, but there isn’t like a formal panel of judges. Instead, you use nepotism and Facebook connections to get people to vote for your design, thus generating more viewers to the corporation’s website. Her mom was able to get a lot of people to vote for her. Is this a real competition that is “nationally ranked”?</p>
<p>Don’t say anything, just carry on with life, and when the time comes to reveal who did the more awesome things you rub it in that person’s face in your head; don’t do that in real life. Don’t be a pretentious brat. You may not think you are but the way you act will make people think otherwise.</p>
<p>Just keep doing your thing. If your description of her is anything close to accurate, you won’t have to go out of your way to “beat” her. You’ll just have to tolerate her for a bit and then laugh as she crashes and burns. I know that sounds pretty awful, but…that’s life. Focus on yourself.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for consoling me I think for now I will work on improving my activities/grades, while downplaying it a little bit so what I do will remain a secret only my teachers/guidance counselors will know about (not revealing too much to my classmates about my extracurriculars or what I do during my free time).</p>
<p>That’s happening to me too! Except there’s a lot of competitive people at my school so I’m trying to slowly edge my way to the top and nobody will expect it when I become valedictorian! MWAHAHAHA this is my evil plan</p>
I think for now I will work on improving my activities/grades, while downplaying it a little bit so what I do will remain a secret only my teachers/guidance counselors will know about (not revealing too much to my classmates about my extracurriculars or what I do during my free time).</p>