<p>I have days when I am confident - everything goes well. I look at my commonapp essay and smile.</p>
<p>Then, I have days like today. I read posts on here, someone posted an essay, and bam, it suddenly seems like I don't belong here. I question why I am even trying to shoot for schools so many others have a better shot at than i do.</p>
<p>ughhhhhhh. sometimes life sucks, doesnt it?</p>
<p>Hey there! I feel the same way alot of times, but then again I think everybody does. It doesn’t really matter how qualified you are, uncertainty and self-doubt is just part of being human.</p>
<p>What my Dad told me (and if you take it to heart it really works) is that all you can do is worry about yourself. Don’t compare yourself to anyone else. If you focus on your goals and work hard for yourself instead of trying to compete with the Varsity soccer player with the 4.5 GPA and the 2400 SAT score, then it makes your life alot easier. </p>
<p>And plus, I think most of the people here on CC are statistical anomalies as far as grades and crap are concerned 
Don’t sweat it.</p>
<p>If I had been reading C-C when I was applying to colleges, I would have been a nervous wreck consumed by self-doubt, instead of the relatively unstressed and confident high school senior that I was.</p>
<p>And I ended up getting into 7/10 schools to which I applied.</p>
<p>You may want to limit yourself to reading only topics that have direct relevance for you, or even stop reading C-C altogether.</p>
<p>^sound advice. </p>
<p>I only read threads that are helpful, like what exactly to fill the “additional information” with, which I am doing now.</p>
<p>No chances, unless I am saying no chance because I want too, and none of these rant threads like “Asians are more discriminated against,” though I am not Asian. </p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Who’s in this position right now??? My ED decision is just a few days away and i can’t stop thinking about about it!!!</p>
<p>I think everyone feels like this sometimes, especially those of us who scan the CC boards, everyone seems so much crazy-better at everything, it’s bound to give everyone some inferiority complex sometimes.
I’m not even applying to college this year, but I still feel like it. It sucks. 
But, in the end, we are all going to be extremely successful, in one way or another, and we should be happy with the gifts we are given. That’s what I tell myself anyway, and it never works. lol.</p>