I feel a little guilty

<p>blah blah blah As you will discover in college, no one gives a damn about your high school accomplishments. I doubt any of us had a hard time in high school (unless we went to some ultra-competitive prep school) but you don't see anyone making a post about it. Seriously, no one cares. This kind of stuff will get you an eye roll if the other person is polite and a punch in the face if they're drunk.</p>

<p>...or an angry post by a college student who has nothing to do at 9:30pm.</p>

<p>I call it "advice." I'm not as nice as some of the other regular posters on this board so my advice isn't always sugar-coated.</p>

<p>yeah dude..don't post crap like this on CC when you know there are tons of people studying theyre asses off and they still can't get into the school[s] of their dreams. cocky bastards such as yourself are never appreciated. i knew i was smarter than a lot of the people at my high school but i would never obnoxiously show it because..seriously..it makes other feel bad about themselves and doesn't make for a good classroom atmosphere.</p>

<p>O-FREAKING-K, this is my freaking advice or "commiseration."</p>

<p>If you are serious: there is a big discrepancy between your "I feel sorry for other people because I got into a good school without working hard attitude" and your need to openly talk about it. The former shows that you are a thoughtful and caring individual; the latter shows you are an arrogant, self-absorbed individual. Now, you may ask why. Here's why: if the former were true then you'd have enough sense and care for those around you to keep all of this to yourself and not talk about it openly because you know (and being the genius you are I'd assume you'd know this) that it may potentially hurt/anger/upset people around you (and most of the time it will because most everyone needs to work hard to accomplish things). Furthermore, this isn't a problem. If you really do feel sorry then you wouldn't have sent in your acceptance notice to Cornell. This would have enabled some other lucky person who most likely worked very very hard to gain access to the great education Cornell has to offer.</p>

<p>People on this site are probably acting unfriendly toward you for these discrepancies in your attitude (you can sense attitude through writing).</p>

<p>If you are not serious: go get a life.</p>

<p>I wouldn't necessarily characterize your high school years as "putting no effort" into school even if technically that is the case. You took an alternative course and "put effort" into other intellectual activities, on your own, for pleasure, such as readying history. I'm not sure it is different from the "math kids" for whom analytic reasoning and math related subjects come naturally to them and therefore they pursue outside activities which strengthen these natural abilities without their having to do homework, classwork, etc. You fit the elite school admission profile based on your accomplishments no matter whether you have had to work for them or whether they come naturally to you. So I don't see where guilt should be involved. At some point you will need to put effort into obtaining your goals. It obviously just wasn't at high school.</p>

<p>And dood... if you know so much about history and contemporary issues around the world, how do you ever live through life without getting depressed? If you're guilty about getting into college over other students then why arn't you guilty about living in arguably THE WEALTHIEST/MOST COMFORTABLE nation on earth while hundreds of millions of people are in a state of starvation, in the middle of a genocide, or in some other very bad situation? I think you have bigger problems to worry about. If you're as smart as you say you are, then you can put that brain power to better use. Maybe help solve the growing number of problems our generation faces today?</p>

<p>I still don't understand why you started this tread in the first place even after I read your dissertation trying to justify it. Why did you post again? What were you expecting?</p>

<p>What's that I hear? The squeak of a troll dying?</p>

<p>The last posts were really irrelevant and stretched. Relating supposed guilt felt from not working hard to guilt living in an advanced country? what? that is not what this thread is about.</p>

<p>But about the thread, sure, there are smart people out there, and there are a high percentage of very intelligent people at cornell, but there will always be those who need to show somehow that they are prodigies (posting about the guilt the OP has described is not genuine on CC- many of the very same type of people that he/she feels guilty for will inevitably come across this post, which the poster had to know). People who work very hard read this post, and for obvious reasons they are offended by the types of remarks that masterofgrond has made throughout the thread. On the other hand, there are people who are the same as he/she is- didn't have to work hard but attend an elite school anyway- those to whom things came really easily, but they don't need to advertise it.</p>

<p>My point is that there is no point arguing or taking swings at eachother. If this post really offends you then you should be ready for A LOT of offense to come.</p>

<p>Sure, the logic was stretched but it was stretched with reason.</p>

<p>It's simple: If he feels guilty enough to post this online where the best that can come from it is some people saying "no, no, you deserve to go to Cornell," then the guilt he should feel when observing even greater injustices should probably drive him insane by now to the point he can no longer function. In other words,</p>

<p>this problem << other problems. I personally thought this wasn't that big of a stretch.</p>

<p>If you didn't notice BlueDevilBBall, my post was sarcastic and was meant to imply that the OP is a troll. Given this purpose, I was trying to provide some support for the reason why I thought this. Logic does not always need to fit perfectly in the constraints of the issue in consideration. You can use metaphors and comparisons to justify reasoning (in fact, when you're doing math you're using symbols to justify your reasoning even though it may not look anything like the real-life objective).</p>

<p>I think the problem is that the OP THINKS he's a prodigy but he doesn't really know yet. Great SAT scores mean nothing in college. I had near perfect SAT scores and by my third semester at Cornell I was getting 3.5's and barely staying a full-time student. I can't recall how many freshmen came back to me after failing their first intro bio prelim, asking how it was possible since they were valedictorians in HS and had gotten A's in their bio courses or whatever. I'm sitting there thinking, SO WHAT? Do your HS achievements somehow afford you more points on the test? Now, if you become a Rhodes Scholar or a Fulbright Scholar in college, then we might be on to something. A 2300 SAT score and a 4.0 from HS doesn't mean anything.</p>

<p>So my message to the OP is: Don't feel guilty for being a prodigy because you're not.</p>

<p>uh, i guess i should lay this out nice and clear. the kid is certainly smart, very smart, and the vast majority of you probably arent as smart as him. the people that made asshat responses are the ones who are *<strong><em>ed that he got in with so little effort. well, continue to be *</em></strong>ed, because it can only benefit the world. perhaps you will die faster of a heart attack as a result of chronic anger - you have solved the population crisis people! but really, how bout givin the OP a response based on the assumption that he was tellin the truth? it is what would satisfy both parties most effeciently in any case...</p>

<p>so to the OP, don't worry, there are plenty of kids like you, and without being a savant, you have reaped the benefits. well, not really, but oh well. in any case, college will require a work ethic, so get one damnit. and don't feel bad, cause there are other kids like you. you just arent gonna find those kids typically in a group of CC overachievers (and dont argue that 99.9% of CC kids arent overachievers, because they are). i understand that you are raising a valid concern, and i hope my answer of "get a work ethic" is satisfactory.</p>

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uh, i guess i should lay this out nice and clear. the kid is certainly smart, very smart, and the vast majority of you probably arent as smart as him. the people that made asshat responses are the ones who are *<strong><em>ed that he got in with so little effort. well, continue to be *</em></strong>ed, because it can only benefit the world. perhaps you will die faster of a heart attack as a result of chronic anger - you have solved the population crisis people! but really, how bout givin the OP a response based on the assumption that he was tellin the truth? it is what would satisfy both parties most effeciently in any case...

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<p>Brah, I'm one of those "underachievers" -- take a gander at my stats profile -- and I still thought this thread was hugely presumptuous.</p>

<p>Are you calling the OP smarter than norcalguy? I highly doubt it. And impboy, don't try grouping all of the people who don't side with you into one group. Some people who don't agree with you feel this guy is a troll. This doesn't imply we're jealous of him, are not as smart as he, or was offended - this simply means we're upset that he's trolling and is trying to look like he's better than everyone else (like you are*). Why do you want us to have heart failure? Who's the asshat?</p>

<p>*If we were to accept everything you claimed as true, then you would be placing yourself at the top of the know-it-all chain.
Here's your logic: you (advising OP to get a work ethic) > OP > everyone else. Congratulations!</p>

<p>What does OP stand for? -.-</p>

<p>"i understand that you are raising a valid concern, and i hope my answer of "get a work ethic" is satisfactory."</p>

<p>I could've sworn 25 posts ago, I advised him the same thing. Stop feeling guilty. You are not a savant. You will find plenty of people like you at Cornell. Get a work ethic. Isn't that what it comes down to?</p>