<p>Many people (including myself) find CC to be a bit nerve-racking. Always pushing you to get higher scores on everything, making you feel like you will never get into college...</p>
<p>But at the same time, it motivates you to try your hardest and get higher scores, and gives you a more realistic viewpoint (not everyone with a 2000+ and a 4.0 can get into Harvard as many non-CCers believe.)</p>
<p>So what do you guys think, curse or blessing?</p>
<p>I’m not really affected by the “perfect-ness” of some on here since I’m not aiming for Harvard, Yale, or one of “those” schools. I must admit, at times CC can fool me into thinking every student is like this and that I’ll have a hard time getting accepted into a school, but then I remember how the top % of students come here, not the entire world.</p>
<p>It does help me see what classes and grades I should strive for since at my school, 1 AP class means you must be a genius, but in the “real world” of colleges, that’s not that great.</p>
<p>I think it’s a curse.</p>
<p>Blessing. I’d rather just know that I have no chance at Ivies just because of my GPA rather than believe all the way to the end that I would get in and end up having to go to a community college because I didn’t apply to any safeties.
Seriously, people where I live think that if you have above a 30 on the ACT and a high GPA Harvard will be begging you to go there. Not only that, but you’ll be one of the smartest ones there.
In general, I think it’s better to a pessimist than an optimist, just so you won’t be disappointed. This site is wonderful for bringing about that state of mind.</p>
<p>I think it’s a blessing (seems really weird calling a website a blessing but whatever). It has shown me what I need to do to get into the schools I want. And by looking through decisions threads, I’m able to see entire profiles of people that get accepted and rejected. From there, I can see where I stand in admissions. If my stats are similar to those that get accepted, I can call that school a “match”. If my stats are similar to those that get rejected, I know not to get my hopes up.</p>
<p>Both. The site is full of useful information about college admissions and the process, the downside of this site is that it tends to intimidate any kid without perfect stats, which causes a lot of stress and anxiety.</p>
<p>Blessing because it has corrected my naive previously held beliefs of what it takes to get into my top choice. I prefer knowing my true chances rather than foolishly believing I have a chance.
Curse because many of the kids here are insane.</p>
<p>Blessing and a curse (mostly a blessing…) </p>
<p>CC is beneficial because it motivates me to strive to do my best, even if it’s not as good as CC standards. I’ve been lurking on these threads since 7th grade and I have to stay this site changed my work ethic. I’ve learned to balance academics and other interests and learned I wasn’t alone in the pursuit for nerdy interests… hehe. But CC is also a curse sometimes, but rarely. You just can’t help but to feel inadequate/inconsistent when you read those chance threads, haha!</p>
<p>Blessing in the guise of a curse. There’s that lovely (and inevitable) feeling of depression after realizing how hard it is to get into your dream school, but I think it’s better to know so you can make realistic decisions.</p>
<p>Blessing. It made me aim higher than I would have otherwise, which is why I’m doing pretty well in college admissions. I mean, I got DEFERRED from MIT. I have to have pretty damn good stats to even be considered by them.</p>
<p>Blessing. Without CC, I wouldn’t have taken Calc BC as a sophomore, wouldn’t have scored a 2360 on my SAT, and would have been fooled into thinking I could get into Harvard with that alone.</p>
<p>Also, I am applying to several summer research programs/internships this year, which I wouldn’t have even heard of if not for CC.</p>
<p>It’s both. CC has made me at least live in reality, whereas my friends still think they can make it to any school they want to. But then again, it lowers your self esteem seeing what people can do.</p>
<p>Both. A curse because I use it to procrastinate, but a blessing Because I’ve learned a lot and discovered so many opportunities because of it.</p>
<p>CC, like everything else in life, is what you make of it. For me, it was a great resource. I definitely wouldn’t be where I am today without the help of a lot of people on here.</p>
<p>Overall, such an incredible blessing.</p>
<p>I’d say it has served me well. My GC wasn’t very informative about getting into colleges outside of the SUNY system, so CC has helped provide me with a lot of college admissions information. I definitely wouldn’t have been as prepared for my applications as I was without it. Plus, it’s nice being in a community of people who care about school as much as I do.</p>
<p>Blessing, especially result threads. Those give me so much hope. My time here is enjoyable. I, also, enjoy the idea of being apart of an online community where people care about school and education as much as I do.</p>
<p>depends on how naive you are. I think its helped me overall though</p>
<p>Both. I agree with alexissss.</p>
<p>its a blessing to me!</p>