<p>look, honestly, lying is good for the rest of us cause ht makes ourselves step up our own effort.</p>
<p>I've never posted my stats so I honestly can say I've never lied. However, it would not surprise me in the least if people were putting up stats similar to theirs to protect their identities. Assuming the stats are not too far from the truth, can we really blame them? Who would want to post their true stats only to have admissions officers see their stats online and be able to match the student with the rest of their postings?</p>
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<p>Why would anyone lie? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of posting on a college forum? The whole point is to receive opinions and advice. How will you receive accurate feedback if you post false scores? People who do that are only hurting themselves.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily true... it's not like the people who are giving advice are going to "customize it" for the person's specific scores... The only I think it would really hurt someone is if they had scores MUCH lower than what they claim... like, someone who has 500 on a section posting that they got 700.. then it would make a difference.</p>
<p>But obviously you still have a point..</p>
<p>I don't lie. My scores are decent, but not even mid-CC level (2160).</p>
<p>So therefore, I don't think most people lie.</p>
<p>But, I do have an inkling of a feeling that those who claim 30% or more lie are liars themselves.</p>
<p>Why don't I lie? There's really no point. It's not like one day, I'll go to some college and see someone and recognize them from CC.</p>
<p>i really anyone is stupid enough to lie on an anonymous thread. unless someone is making a joke, they dont help themselves at all by lying. if you lie, you get bad feedback, and wont have an accurate idea of yourself when you apply to colleges. the people here are here to help, not make fun of you. if someone is stupid enough to make fun of bad scores, they are probobly to stupid to get into college anyway. therefore i think no one here is lying (or at least not many-there will still be jokers and idiots for along time)</p>
<p>oh and one more thing, qwertythejedi, do you seriously think adcoms are bored enough to seriously come to this website and try to match us with our online selves?? there is next to no chance of them doing it (unless someone's ec was curing cancer) and it would be pointless and futile. the adcoms are busy enough with their own decisions to come to this website.</p>
<p>muhahaha i am shark_bite hear me roar!!!!! seriously i sounded very, in lack of a better word, harsh. i dont really mean to be mean, im just pumped up right now.</p>
<p>i think maybe ~10% lie. just yesterday, i was browsing around cc, found posts from someone that goes to my school, and have now decided he's a pathological liar. i couldn't believe all the credentials he put down when i know for a fact they can't be true. (ex: taking advanced courses that aren't even offered at my school or having a high ranking when it's not possible with the gpa he listed)</p>
<p>I think about half are lying. The amount of people that probably post 2300s on this website is almost direct contradiction to collegeboard statistics (99th percentile)-and 2300s are prolly in the 99.80 percentile LITERALLY!</p>
<p>have u considered the actual NUMBER of people getting 99% and up? B/c that number is pretty big. When you have a big population of SAT takers it's natural to have a relatively big number of high scorers. Check the stats from CB before making any judgement here.</p>
<p>superc147, only people who care about getting into good colleges will come on CC. And people who care tend to get better scores.</p>
<p>I'm not saying they don't care. I'm simply saying some will skew their scores to not look stupid. Suppose someone got a 2000. In cc terms, thats HORRIBLE. As a result, they lie and say 2100. Think about it! And I don't have a BAD sat score.</p>
<p>uh how about they don't post at all? that's quite reasonable and btw 2100 is bad according to CC standards. You have no evidence to back up ur argument and it's merely a bunch of speculations. In fact, i know all this is speculations but i find that motive to be really BS. People who feel bad don't post isn't that a distinct possibility? Besides if u've been here long enough u know that scores don't help u a bit at the final round of admissions. btw check the CB stats.</p>
<p>Evidence is so easy to find. You have kids complaing about 2200s and saying they will def have to retake again. Its reasonable if its for harvard. But when they are trying for schools outside the top 20 circle, it gets a little twisted. And i know thousands of kids, if not hundreds of thousands, score in the 99th percentile.....I was being sarcastic.</p>
<p>Shark_bite, all you have to do is see that adcoms have been on P R stats (just check the report). If they check there, what makes you think that they wouldn't check here?</p>
<p>And I'm not say that people would drastically change their stats. Say in reality you got a 750. So you say on here a 760. Is there really that much of a difference that your chances would go up or down with a 10 point change? </p>
<p>It also depends on how much you put on here. If you go into a lot of detail about say, where you live, family background, ECs, GPA. They would have more info to match with.</p>
<p>"And I'm not say that people would drastically change their stats. Say in reality you got a 750. So you say on here a 760. Is there really that much of a difference that your chances would go up or down with a 10 point change?"</p>
<p>I'm going to have to agree with that... It's great that many of you have superb confidence. But not everyone is blessed like that. For those who have 'a little-less-than-perfect' score and are applying to selective schools, the temptation would definitely be there. Although the difference between pretended and actual score may not be much, the extra 20 points might bump them up from a 1390 to a 1410, for example. Psychologically, it's the difference between paying $2000 and paying $1990. It makes buyers-- or, in this case, scorers-- feel better. </p>
<p>And you know, I've seen a couple 'what are my chances?' posts where a few people, ignoring other great accomplishments, have shot others down solely on the basis of not having "normal CC" scores. I can understand why someone lacking confidence would tweek his scores. </p>
<p>But, yes, it is conjecture. Not BS though.</p>
<p>BTW, I haven't lied about my scores.</p>
<p>This is a very interesting thread.</p>
<p>Alot of good arguments brought up.</p>
<p>I agree on the notion that people may increase their scores so they wont look bad on CC comparisions. If you had a 1950, I don't think you'd have the inclination to post that you did against people scoring 2350's and all. </p>
<p>I also think its crazy the amount of people who are saying they are retaking 2200's.</p>
<p>ISNT 2200 99%TH PERCENTILE ALREADY!!!</p>
<p>haha, good ol' CC</p>
<p>the smart ccers are too crazy
2000 a bad score?
I would be happy with a freakin 2000
party all night long you know what I mean?
but if 2100 is a kinda good score here in cc,
each 10 points will determine the much better and much worse
while 10 points will not be as important for a range of scores from like 1600 to 2400
so ccers can lie about 10 points, but those 10 points may have a much greater force than comparing a 1640 and 1650
you would always want to tell others that you got an 800, not a 790!</p>
<p>wait, 2100 is bad according to CC? I thought that was really good normally, and average/decent for CC.....it can't be bad or anything.</p>
<p>I change my mind. I now believe that 100 percent of the people on this site lie about their SAT scores. That's right, I WENT there lol. Yes, I cannot prove it, but who cares!</p>
<p>I haven't lied yet. I've listed predicted scores, but have said so.</p>
<p>I think that this is a rubbish thread.
The deans of admission arent watching this thread to see who they should look into. You are not saving face here as I dont know any of you personally.. to you I am Antarius and thats all....</p>
<p>The point is to get frank opinions. If I got a 600 out of 2400 (did not, example) and want advice... If i said I got 2350, they would say good!!! not RETAKE NOW!!!!</p>
<p>So, lying is stupid and I doubt anyone who is desperate enough to inflate ego's. If u want a good college... U gotta be smart and not lie to get some e-praise</p>
<p>And SAT's have a huge error percentage... so 2200 and 2210 and practically the same</p>