I'm a pathetic Asian... I feel so inferior

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I'm not like a lot of you guys on CC. You guys have like 2300+ SAT scores, great AP scores, a 4.0 unweighted GPA, and after all that, you have high quality extracurricular activities. </p>

<p>I have none of that. I have a 3.4 unweighted GPA, I've only taken 3 AP classes so far and got a 2 on my APUSH exam last year. I have an SAT of 1980 and I got a 570 on my SAT II history. I've gotten B's since freshman year and this year (junior year) I have 3 C's. My grades keep going down, freshman year 3.5, sophomore year 3.4, and this year so far I have an 88 average. Gym is killing my average and so are some other classes. I have like the crappiest activities ever, 50-ish hours of volunteering I don't really care about. Model UN for one year. Quit tennis last year because I hated it. Not doing sports this year. And I'm probably not getting into the National Honor Society. And on top of all that, I still have like no friends. </p>

<p>I see people on here who seem to have great lives and still do great in school. They also have great social lives and have jobs. I have pretty much none of that. All I really do is just try to do well in school, but I can't really do that either. I'm estimating my average GPA this year will be like a 3.3... probably final 3.4 unweighted.</p>

<p>I hate myself.</p>

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<p>aww ntktop, please don’t say that! it’s a stereotype for a reason, and not everyone’s going to live up to that ideal mold. if it helps, i’m asian too, and though i do have great friends and supportive peers, i sometimes feel the way you do too and am looking forward to college. please don’t beat yourself up over this!</p>

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<p>I’m sorry about my unfortunate choice of name.</p>

<p>Don’t feel that way. The key is to do what * you * want. Then you’ve got it better than everybody else!</p>

<p>Go find something you love to do, stick at it, get better than anybody at it, and you will be successful and happy. Do not attempt to conform to a stereotype.</p>

<p>Unless, of course, that something is messed up like rape. Then, stay away from that. Stay very far away from that. :stuck_out_tongue: (I love morbid humor)</p>

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<p>I’m sorry, we’re going to have to send a team to your house to surgically open your eyes. You’ve lost all Asian rights.</p>

<p>Sincerely,
Lieutenant Colonel Saugus
Asian Invasion</p>

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<p>screw sterotypes. screw schoolwork. honestly, join like 3 clubsjust for the fun of it even if they are like anime clubs/ juggling clubs nad what not. Forget about sterotypes nonsense. BTW, I feel awful a lot too, when i don’t make the best grade i can or b/c i am not the most academically gifted but the older I get the more I realize that being happy =s more important than school. Go enjoy life and screw worrying about school. Get off Cc and go make a snowman. Steal soda from your parents cabinet. Move from your table of genius friends and make friends with another table. Being smart is nothing if you aren’t happy.</p>

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<p>Out of curiosity… You’re clearly not a top student, so why do you bother with volunteering that you don’t care about. No college you’re gonna be looking at will care about it either, so what made you decide to do it?</p>

<p>As for not having friends, I don’t either, and you’d be suprised how many people don’t have friends…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-22-friendship_x.htm[/url]”>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-22-friendship_x.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>People to confidie in =/= friends.</p>

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<p>Your problem isn’t your stats (which will get you into several respectable schools), but your self esteem. This is a website where high achievers come to chill and speculate with other high achievers, not a realistic picture of the admissions process across the board. SAT IIs and ECs hardly matter at larger state schools.</p>

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<p>mark my words.
The summer before college, work on re-inventing yourself.
Become a different person when you go to college</p>

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<p>well basically you are like a URM</p>

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<p>cheer up dude.</p>

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<p>Aw, don’t feel so sad, life isn’t all about SAT scores and grades… your Asian standards just make you think that they are… 3.4 is a great GPA and I’m sure tons of other people in your school would love to have your grades and scores.</p>

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<p>At least you have SOME ECs. I don’t even have any besides marching band/band in general (if they count has ECs).</p>

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<p>awww, im sorry! :frowning: cheer up! :frowning: i dnt wanna be sad, i cnt post on here ne more, because I have to be happy, I don’t have schol today :)</p>

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<p>Forget the asian stereotypes. Good grades, small eyes, small di… Neither of those fall true for me. Be happy and be yourself. Honestly school only makes up like 5% of your life.</p>

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<p>I have a mediocre GPA, good EC’s…not great, waiting for my SAT scores (have been crap lately) I have one more chance for the SAT in January, and don’t want to stress on SAT II Subject Tests just because I’ve lost most of my opportunity to take them after not taking rigorous courses. I’m hopless right now :(</p>

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<p>Some people thrive on competition. We’re the people lurking around these forums to size up our competition. Other people feel better being the big fish in a small pond and just considering their accomplishments within their own school. To the OP and the poster above, it’s probably healthier to evaluate yourself in a context that makes you feel good. Honestly, I stay away from the forums about specific colleges because of the “accepted” threads. Putting unfair pressure on yourself only makes you more unhappy and less likely to do better. Cheer up! And get off CC if it makes you less nervous. That’s why I only post every once in a while, and then lapse into a period of schoolwork and the real world. Rinse, repeat.</p>

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<p>The only logical solution is to change your ethnicity.</p>

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<p>^hahaha. truth.</p>

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<p>I’m the only person that can’t empathize. I’m sorry.</p>