<p>I use college confidential to get some research and first hand accounts on how colleges are like. I've enjoyed the site so far and I have gotten much out of it. HOWEVER, I occasionally run into a post where a person is just straight up trolling and panicking about their "low chances" with their perfect SAT score. I think this sort of behavior needs to stop because it's obnoxious, highly discouraging to other users, and it's just straight up disrespectful to everyone on the forum. I'm just putting my thought out there and I hope I'm not the only one feeling this way.</p>
<p>I agree.</p>
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<p>Then again, CC tends to attract a different breed of student compared to the average college-goer.</p>
<p>When you consider that many top universities have sub-10% acceptance rate, any post that appears optimistic is pure wishful thinking, at best.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t think its possible to get rejected to any college if you have a perfect ACT/SAT and a 4.0 gpa. Those people number in the hundreds. those people are just bragging.</p>
<p>Haha, glad I’m not the only person that feels that way. I wish I could send over a slap across to the face to each person that posts these panic posts when other students are clearly doing much worse than they are in terms of stats.</p>
<p>Actually, they can still worry and can have good reason to. Most schools don’t care about a 2200 vs. a 2400 or even a 3.95 vs. a 4.0. They both reach the benchmark for what you need to get into the school. It makes perfect sense for them to be worried about their extracurriculars, interviews, essays, course selection, and basically the rest. However, if they just put their GPA 4.0 and SAT 2400 and ask if they have a chance, well, you can never tell from just that whether someone will get into an Ivy or one of the other top-tier schools.</p>
<p>Just look at any top top tier school. Plenty of 3.7+ GPA and 2100+ SATs getting rejected. I think it is due to the same overachieving-ness that allowed the success of the poster. People with these scores and grades are most likely NOT laid back people and highly anxious. </p>
<p>I don’t think it is ■■■■■, just anxiousness and insecurity.</p>
<p>@humfle
Go to ■■■■■■■■■■ and search all the top colleges (Ivys, MIT, ect) plenty of 4.0 2200-2400 SAT rejections. In fact the redness of rejection completely outnumbers the acceptances even with high scores.</p>
<p>It’s true that everyone has their own worries and anxieties, including applicants with 2400 SAT and 4.0 GPA. However, I have seen posts that were obvious trolls and those that were honest top students worrying over Harvard or MIT or Stanford acceptances. I think the OP is mad at the obvious trolls that can barely spell their stats out correctly but claim to take 15 APs and won 30 awards in addition to perfect scores.</p>
<p>The interesting thing is that most students do not go to Ivies and manage to be successful anyway. Book smart is helpful, but you cannot discount charm and likeability. Sometimes, when it comes to job interviews, the person who is seen as being likeable and a team player wins out over a more qualified candidate. People want to work with people they can get along with. When it comes down to it, people skills and experience can be more important than your perfect GPA. People who manage to keep plugging along despite not being perfect and dealing with whatever life brings them, can be successful and happy. Learning how to deal with rejection or unexpected turns is probably the most valuable skill you could have as a person. Never give up. There is always another way. People are more than a test score and grades.</p>