<p>Omg decisions are coming out!!! Ugh it ****es me off seeing people who font deserve acceptances get accepted to good schools… Since they cheated 99% of High school…ugh I’m so scared to get my BU decision…</p>
<p>I hate how my friend will get into Drexel and I won’t because she has a higher GPA but an SAT score (out of 2400) of 1120. I’m the other way around. How unfortunate I do not have a high GPA AND SAT. But I acknowledge that it’s my grades are responsibility. Still. How can anyone with such a low SAT score get into college?!</p>
<p>i hate how i have to spend my winter break finishing my applications to 24 schools and right 234238748914732298 essays while my sister gets to spend her break touring the middle east and spending 2 weeks in dubai where ive always wanted to go</p>
<p>i hate how i encouraged her to convince my parents while they automatically said no for me to go</p>
<p>i hate how i have to fill out so many scholarships and financial aid forms as well as her forms while shes spending thousands on herself. </p>
<p>i hate how ive had to work hard my whole life to get perfect grades, work to earn my own money, and be involved and not be able to get any sort of good job or congratulations from my parents.</p>
<p>but i should probably save all my moping and crying for next week when i get my two rejections .___.</p>
<p>anyway good luck to all you seniors applying right now!</p>
<p>^ 24 applications? Wow, and I thought that 14 was a lot.</p>
<p>This whole process is just so stressful!!! I quit… Once I hear back from Boston U in a few days, I quit… Lol</p>
<p>^ The anticipation is the worst.</p>
<p>@Bugebs wow you really are in love with BU aren’t you! I hope you get in 
and yea the waiting is the worst.</p>
<p>I hate that I didn’t apply EA somewhere so I’d know if i got in early instead having to wait 3 months</p>
<p>@DMA017, yes I am in love with BU <3 it stinks being a boarder one student academically and test scoring wise, yet have fantastic letters, essays and resume. Makes it so hard to decipher whether or not I could get in. Go Terriers <3</p>
<p>I hate how snotty kids who don’t even deserve to go to top schools get accepted because their father donated a fortune. At least I am trying to get into school solely on hard work! I also hate how people with perfect SAT scores complain because they don’t think they’ll get into a good school. I mean, really? If those students can’t get accepted then what hope is there for the rest of us? I mean, what do those students want?! They sound as if they need a 37 on the ACT just to go to community college! UUGGHH, and I hate that I hate everything so much…story of my life</p>
<p>Go look at the Stanford admit/deny and REA threads and you’ll see why kids with high scores are worried. All those kids will get in somewhere, but there were some amazing kids admitted (research/score/grades/interesting essays/awards) and kids who are more average for the group admitted who are URM (they are likely amazing too, but definitely lower grades and scores than many denied). It can also be tough for kids who have high academic numbers and strong but not over the moon activities.
I’m not meaning to be snarky - I’m going completely on the self reported numbers and bios on that thread.</p>
<p>really confused wrote:</p>
<p>“I hate how snotty kids who don’t even deserve to go to top schools get accepted because their father donated a fortune.”</p>
<p>Generalize much?</p>
<p>1) why do you assume kids from wealthy backgrounds are necessarily snotty? They exist surely but… I guess the combo of being a development admit and rich merits their also being lumped in as snotty according to your logic. </p>
<p>2) these slots – weren’t going to ever go to you anyway.</p>
<p>3) the money that goes to the school will keep your costs down</p>
<p>4) every college does it, and needs it.</p>
<p>T26E4, I agree I’m from a wealthy family and I’m thankful for it ever day of my life. I am not a snotty person. Anyway, its way to stressful waiting for a decision that could change our lives 
blahh</p>
<p>T26E4, I did generalize. I did not mean to offend anybody. My venting post was only aimed to rich kids that are actually snotty, not all rich kids. BUgebs, I am sure you are a great person, and my post was not targeting kids like you. I was only venting because I heard of some kinds in my area that ONLY got into the school they wanted (my dream school by the way) because of their donation to the school. I am sure that the money helped the school, but it is not fair for colleges to accept students JUST because of donations. And if I did offend anyone, I really am sorry. I was only venting…</p>
<p>The fact that my best friends have become my competition.</p>
<p>I’d seriously like to know where all the competition is coming from. I thought the number of persons scoring 2000+ on the SAT was low, but I guess not. :(</p>
<p>i hate the fact you work hard to cross that 2000 threshold and when you do you are still not in the clear.</p>
<p>Hate it how idiots post “chance me” threads in the College Admissions section.</p>
<p>Also missed USC’s financial aid deadline</p>
<p>the fact that my “best” isn’t good enough
competing against friends for spots at the same colleges</p>
<p>I sometimes despise the school I go to–especially my class, the class of 2012. As of now we are the LEGENDARY class because we a huge number of excellent students. Where I go, an SAT score of 2250+ is normal (thankfully I crossed that threshold haha). Ok. As I was saying, about the class of 2012 at my school–I’m terrified. I swear there are about 30 or 40 kids who are amazing students, start companies of their own, win Siemens semifinalist and finalist spots, student council, the list goes on. My fear is that these kids are going to kick everyone else out of the running for college admission. >:|</p>
<p>Applying to the same colleges as friends with stats much, much better than mine and knowing that I probably won’t get in because I’m “average” compared to them. Our school isn’t even that competitive, but class of 2012 is just ridiculously cutthroat and over-the-top.</p>
<p>Plus deadlines are coming too close for comfort, and I’m beginning to panic. Scholarships are another problem altogether.</p>
<p>I hate that I probably won’t get into the top schools I’m applying to because my ECs suck and there was nothing I could do about it. Even if I do get accepted, I probably won’t be able to pay for them because my parents can’t afford them. I live in a horrible state with horrible education where even the state colleges are almost as expensive as liberal arts colleges.
I have three applications left to do in three weeks and I don’t even know where to start and I’m starting to freak out. My counselor is new, doesn’t even know me, and has to write me a recommendation letter? My teacher hasn’t even started on my recommendation letter and the deadline is next week.
I also hate that I screwed myself over with my Freshman grades because I thought I could do well without trying and it didn’t work. If I had actually tried, I’d be valedictorian right now without a doubt.
The semester is almost over and grades are going to be calculated and ranks are going to be redone. I know I’m going to be pushed out of my rank despite getting the best grades by people who boost their GPA by taking the easiest classes at the easiest community colleges (they’re calculated as the same weight as an AP) and who take teacher cadets just for the easy AP 100 when they don’t even want to be teachers. Oh, and one of those people is my best friend. Great.</p>