Should low academic performance prevent you from applying to top schools?

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<p>Agree with decrescendo. There’s a mix. Some kids ARE obsessively knowledgeable, but we almost never hear from them beyond their chance threads. Then there are the well-informed and well-prepared ones. These are the kids to whom I think decrescendo was initially referring. Whether they choose to go Ivy or not, they know quite a bit.<br>
As for the woefully unprepared, they come and go as quickly as the obsessively knowledgeable. </p>

<p>OP: Once again, agree with decrescendo. Successful people can come from any college. Find one where your stats are within the average and where you feel you’d fit in. :slight_smile: Good luck!</p>

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<p>Yes, I’m very serious. The majority of kids telling others they will get into ivies are incorrect.</p>

<p>It is relative though, so I get your point. I’ve worked at a college counselor in a variety of high schools from highly affluent ones to inner city. The wealthy kids had a clue, but they, like many here thought anyone with a 4.0/2300 would get in. They didn’t under the subtleties…the competition from the region, the competition within their school, that much more is expected from the affluent, that what would get a kid from ND in won’t get one from NYC in.</p>