<p>This is a nice board and all but everybody here seems like a genius. It makes me seem like a failure.</p>
<p>Where are all the average students? Where are the people with a 2.5 GPA? Where the people with a 1400 on the SAT?</p>
<p>It seems to me that most people who post are valedictorians, and Ivy league hopefuls....at least from what I have seen, so far.</p>
<p>Are there normal people here?</p>
<p>There are normal people, but general ´normal´students don´t hear about this sort of board. </p>
<p>Watch the threads, some of them are more normal, if that´s what you want.</p>
<p>Right here. I have a 3.45 currently. No Ivy’s for me!</p>
<p>Well i have a 3.3 unweighted and i’m applying to some ivies…</p>
<p>yeah, this board is kind of depressing. I’ve just stopped reading the ‘chance’ posts…some of the stuff is really helpful! I’m less stressed about applying now. XD</p>
<p>and It’s not just your grades that get you in btw. I think we all know that</p>
<p>My advice is to stay away from it as much as possible. In my opinion, this board has a lot of great information, but a lot of obnoxious, arrogant, and totally ridiculous people that go along with it. The weird thing about this site is even though its depressing and makes you super angry and annoyed…its also super addictive. Haha. Just, try to ignore people who really bug you, and come on here as little as possible. And if you ever see anyone really being a jerk, just call them on it.</p>
<p>I’ve felt the same way and have even considered not applying to Yale (my dream school) SCEA, going with a less risky choice like Wake Forest for my early application.</p>
<p>It’s frustrating for me because I’m sort of at the bottom of the top. Around my public high school, I’ve been super involved and have made straight A’s but for one semester. But being a public high school, in a small town no less, I only have four AP classes under my belt… two of which are this year.
My test scores are also in the “lower” upper range, with a 31 ACT and and 2100 SAT, though I’m taking both of those again in October and hope to raise my scores by a few points on both ends…
I missed the NMS Semifinalist cutoff score by one point. </p>
<p>I’m much more interested in upper-tier schools but my status seems to put me unfortunately right on the line in terms of likelihood for admission. </p>
<p>I’m pretty good compared to most people, I guess, but among the best I’m pretty mediocre. It’s a sucky place to be.</p>
<p>Toward, you should shoot for it! I’m pretty much in the same boat with SATs and SAT (although my SAT is a bit higher), but there’s no reason you shouldn’t at least try. Because there’s always a chance!</p>
<p>A good friend of mine also really wants to go to Yale but has been feeling the same doubts. From what I’ve heard from friends who work in admissions, they look at you in comparison to your school, not you in comparison to some huge NYC school with every AP class known to mankind, and a few that have to be taught by Klingons. </p>
<p>Nothing’s ever sure in life, but if you don’t try, you’ll never know! ;)</p>
<p>Win Star Trek ref 16B2. :)</p>
<p>Toward, I believe we may be the same person, except I have a 33 ACT, 2050 SAT and missed NM by 3 points. I don’t know if it’s worth stressing about all the schools I would love to go to, when I really feel as though I’m in the bottom of the application pool.</p>
<p>You see. This is what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>Normal people don’t have an SAT score over 2000. Let alone get disappointed over it.</p>
<p>Normal people don’t say “hmmm…is Yale going to accept me?”, because they know that Yale is too good.</p>
<p>I feel like the stupidest person in the room. I have an SAT score below 1800 and I have a GPA below 3.0. It sucks.</p>
<p>I wish I can be as smart as you guys. I wish I can dream of Yale. But that won’t happen, cause I’m average Joe.</p>
<p>I don’t think you guys realize how much people admire you. Us, normal people would love to be in your situation, Forward. Don’t take anything for granted. If Yale doesn’t accept you, It won’t be the end of the world. Pretty much every other University in the country with the exception of the big three and maybe two other schools, would take you in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>No acceptance into Harvard? Go to Princeton.</p>
<p>No acceptance into MIT? Go to Stanford.</p>
<p>No acceptance into Dartmouth? Go to Cornell.</p>
<p>No acceptance in Arizona State University? Go to West Virginia University.</p>
<p>That last one is mine.</p>
<p>Jerzey Jon, you are being way too hard on yourself. As a parent who has been on CC for several years now, I can assure you there are all sorts of students and parents and college counselors here on the boards. Maybe HS wasn’t your thing, so make college a new start for yourself. I know multitudes of people who went to state universities and are doing quite well (good salaries and happy lives) for themselves…no Harvard degrees on their walls! College is what you make of it, if you find that you are struggling with classes get help from the tutoring centers. Explore new things, try out a club you wouldn’t think of joining. Get out of your comfort zone and excel. When you get further along IF you decide to go to grad school maybe then you can reach for a BIG name school, until then, believe in yourself and stop comparing yourself to everyone on CC. Good luck!</p>
<p>I have a 3.6 GPA and a 1680 SAT.</p>
<p>There is room on CC for everyone. Sure, the high-end kids are over-represented, but there is plenty of regular student discussion too.</p>
<p>Example:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/707436-new-3-0-3-3-gpa-parents-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/707436-new-3-0-3-3-gpa-parents-thread.html</a></p>
<p>But just the fact that I have a slim chance at top schools is a huge amount of pressure. I could apply to state schools, but because I have this glimpse of something more I don’t think I could be happy in that kind of environment. Touring Yale and hearing about the kinds of amazing things that go on there and meeting the kinds of amazing people who live and work and learn there was like being in a dream. Having tasted that, how could I go to a state school with tens of thousands of students? I’d almost feel better being contentedly average.</p>
<p>But thanks to the rest of you guys… You’re right about trying. That’s one thing the info session guy said at Yale: “People ask me all the time how to improve their chances of getting in, but there’s no surefire way to be certain. But I can tell you the one guaranteed way NOT to get in, and that’s by not applying.”</p>
<p>But it still continues to feel hopeless and extremely frustrating… being stuck in the outer crust of this amazing, wonderful world.</p>