<p>A lot of you are impressive, you actually go to Yale. I was wondering. In real life, do people treat you like people treat each other on this site? Or do you have much respect from many people? What do you parents think? If I tell my parents I want to go to Yale, they think I need to stop dreaming about something very hard to do. Where I go to school, anyone that gets a 2100+ SAT score is considered very bright.</p>
<p>As parents we balance trying to encourage greatness and keeping you grounded. Hopefully you know that no one has great chances of a Yale admit. However, if you’re considered one of the tippy top academicians of your school, it’s worth a shot. It’s rigorous and for 93% of people, will result in a reject. But 100% of people who don’t apply get rejected.</p>
<p>i mean, my situation is very similar to yours in that anyone with like a 28+ on the ACT at my school is considered extremely bright, and that my parents kinda wish i had never discovered the ivy league as a real possibility (i had never really considered yale as a possibility for me until i got onto CC–i dreamt about it, but just thought it couldn’t happen). however, i know for a fact that people for the most part don’t treat each other like people on this site treat each other. the internet does not encourage people to be nice.</p>
<p>I agree Tres Elefantes. I always assumed Yale etc. were just mythical places you can’t actually go to. Just places of dreams. I walked onto this site and gained the key to life. I thought it was so possible, seeing all these people do it. Then I came to a sad realization. People laugh at me when I say it’s possible. My parents discourage me from applying. I tell them that I see many people on the internet do it (a trusted source). However, deep down I feel very inferior when I go to this site. I can almost taste a goal that I used to think was impossible. Then I realize I’m just a dreamer. The true people who would get in would not need this site. Or they’d already be achieving highly, not realizing it now.
I have extreme admiration for the people on this site who get high SAT scores. In real life they must be revered. This is the place where they come out of the woodwork and inspire me. Sadly, I am not one of “them”.</p>
<p>don’t say that yet! decisions aren’t out yet. you could well be one of “them.” 
anyway, some of the perfect-stats CCers haven’t fared particularly well in past years, while a few lower-stats people have…</p>