<p>Hey you guys. I just want to apologize to everyone and anyone whom i have annoyed or bothered on here during this long admissions season. I have lied about a lot of things on here; especially my stats. I am now going to come clean. </p>
<p>I am not an outstanding student in fact i barely have a 3.0 weighted gpa
i got a 21 on my act and in the mid 1500's on the SAT. I got caught up in this lie because it was what I wanted to be. I wanted to be the student with a 3.9 uw gpa/4.8 w. I wanted to have a 34 ACT and a 2275 SAT. I am nothing near there. What I am though is a student who loves to learn. Throughout high school I got caught up in watching a lot of tv and spending a lot of addicting time on the internet and it took a huge toll on my grades. Despite all that, I read a lot and I learned a lot. I wish I was THE IDEAL STUDENT, but at the end of the day, when I become what I intended to be; I will hope that I will no longer care about how I did in H.S. but where I will be then.
Finally, I want to say sorry again and a big goog luck. I hope that everything works out for everyone and regardless of if you get in your number one choice or your safety I pray that everyone will be happy. Please everyone take a minute... close your eyes..... and give a moment of silence to the whole class of 2008 this is a very exciting/stressful time in our lives. Just pause an pray that everything works out for everyone.
Thank you all for reading</p>
<p>that's alright. i bet a lot of other people here have done the same thing. that took a lot of guts to say that, though, and I wish you the best of luck in admissions during the next few weeks.</p>
<p>Everything and everyone on CollegeConfidential needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Humans lie. It is ok. Good for you admitting your faults and coming out with an apology. You are a good person. Don't worry about some lies you told on the Internet. Perhaps you felt you had to conform to the high pressure that exists on these forums; I don't know. But you seem like you are an intelligent individual. Remember that grades are not always indicative of intelligence. I am the valedictorian of my class, yet I don't consider myself the most intelligent. One of my best friends is a genius, yet has a 1.3 unweighted GPA. Just keep learning about yourself and the world. I have often found that most fulfilling type of learning is outside of classroom. Sit down with the great classics. Read them and enjoy them. Hell, even random Wikipedia searches are probably more intellectually stimulating to me than that the boring institution of "learning" we to call high school. </p>
<p>You are going to be fine where ever you end up. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>I am the same way, and I used to fudge having a 3.0 on CC, but I don't, I have around a 2.6. But, I love school, classes, and I challenge myself.
It's alright, as long as you have the passion to learn, and since you do, I think you'll find your way to success.</p>
<p>Just be yourself from now on. If there's one thing I've learned in life (I'm a parent), it is that there is a place in this world for everyone, and being the best doesn't mean you are the happiest. Again, be yourself (even if it is not up to CC standards) and enjoy your life to the fullest!</p>
<p>Pressure, tradition, prestige, society.
It's hard to take in.</p>
<p>Truthfully, at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what your scores are, it doesn't matter what school you attend, and it doesn't matter what title you earn. It's all relative, and it's all a human invention.</p>
<p>People set priorities and put emphases on different things, and over time we develop a culture that doesn't even begin to question or think about the validity of their current state. They only wonder how they will be able to fit in to what society has deemed an acceptable world.</p>
<p>Thousands of people apply every year to Ivy League schools without even visiting them or talking to a representative about the school simply because of their prestige and commanding respect in the public eye. It's a sad reality, and we're living in it. I know it's hard but you just have to try to see past the fog of society's arbitrary priorities.</p>
<p>On a final note, I would suggest reading "The Catcher and the Rye." It's all about the "phoniness" of the world.</p>
<p>doesn't it feel good to come clean? good for you!!! And CC is this very weird place....I bet about 60percent of stats are true...if that...and acceptances, etc...</p>
<p>and no matter who you come clean in front of, its a good thing to take that step</p>
<p>Good for you, thedreamusc! doesn't it feel great to come clean?
You'll end up happy wherever you go. Good luck to you!
I'm sure everyone's been a target at one point of all this pressure in our society nowadays.</p>