<p>It's really upsetting seeing my peers do so good in high school. Their SAT scores are so good, they take AP classes, engage in extracurricular activities. I'm a junior and have never been very smart. Seeing so many peers do so well makes me mad. I try very hard and have taken college prep and a couple general math courses. I do my work but don't get good grades on tests. My SAT score was a 1330, and I don't think I can get into any of the colleges that I want. Should I just give up and go to a community college for 1 year?</p>
<p>Dude, didn’t you say you were retaking SATs? Do well on those. Why are you mad? Are you mad at yourself? Because anger towards anyone else would not be justified. </p>
<p>You have to look at why you get low grades on tests, and try to change that. Go to the teacher, ask questions, get a tutor. Why can’t you take AP classes? Why aren’t you doing extracurricular activities? </p>
<p>Could you expand more? Because there has to be some reason, like you get panic attacks during tests, or you just can’t get certain concepts, or something like that. Identify the problem, then tackle it. </p>
<p>Never give up. Try as hard as you can. Apply to the colleges that you want to, and also apply to com. colleges. That way you have a backup plan.</p>
<p>Hi melix, there is nothing to be jealous of. Being smart sucks. Being really smart makes you weird. I’ve been more or less an outcast all my life because I can’t relate to other people. You are much better off being normal.</p>
<p>^ This thread is over 2 years old. Please don’t bring back old threads. (and check the post date next time before posting)</p>
<p>sorry, I have never used a discussion board before.</p>
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<p>There are different types of intelligence - and more often than not, I don’t regard intelligence as determined solely on one’s ability to do well on tests. You’d be amazed how rampant cheating is in American schools - I don’t think a student who consistently cheats in AP Chemistry or AP World is particularly smart - just deceitful. My perception of intelligence in my peers is proven beyond good grades - anyone with questionable morals, a cheat sheet, and a good poker face can get good grades. </p>
<p>im jealous of the smart kids too. so stupidly jealous of them.</p>
<p>^ Preamble1776 just nailed it, he just soley defined many types of intelligence there are. (woo AP Psych!)</p>
<p>I only judge people who are “smart” outside of school, with their actions, personality, and such. The term I use for people who excel in academics is “studious”. Imo any doofus can obtain a 4.0 easily, as inconsistent GPA can already be (rigor, teachers, etc.), they just have to be studious and put the time into it. </p>
<p>This is why you see some people (the outliers who give us faith) having a 2.0-3.0 getting accepted to Ivies and many other prestigious schools, because they take the smart, not the studious. They just probably had a legit story on as to why that happened. As every CC’er would usually know, they take people who are talented and may spread the school name because they think that individual will be successful, instead of a person who is just soley studious, nothing will come out of that. This is why colleges want to see the holistic side of you by essays, ECs, etc., usually.</p>
<p>What is funny is that earlier this year no one honestly studied the PSAT (sophomores) and the results coming out of it were so accurate, it was almost as if it was an unintentional psychology experiment. It was hilarious, some future valedictorians actually got 1000s and below, I am not joking. I scored a 1800, perfect on Mathematics, meh on the two English sections, if you were curious, my score definitely was not the highest score though.</p>
<p>But enough blab, smart over studious.</p>
<p>I never really considered myself smarter because while I may be good in biology or math, there’s someone out there that can play guitar like a badass, actually get up and play a sport other than flipping pages, and maybe even be a rising artist. Honestly, everyone has talent somewhere, and if someone is convinced that they don’t finding and creating talent is half of the fun. </p>
<p>I lied, I suck at math. </p>