<p>Before I found CC, I had no idea how competitive the college admissions process really is. I don't think I would have been offered admission to my school of choice if I hadn't learned what I did from CC.</p>
<p>You know, I'd really be lying if I said CC hasn't changed my life, as corny as it may sound. My high school was usually only concerned with sending kids to the local schools, and so it didn't really have a whole lot of information when it came to how to handle the more advanced admissions processes. CC taught me how to do all of this, and kept me on track. It also gave me a snapshot of the heavier competition, and gave me a higher standard to work towards (as seeing all the academic juggernauts on the site was a big motivation to do better).</p>
<p>I even met a fellow CC user here -- it's a long story, but we basically ended up going out for about a year and a half. We wound up going to very close colleges (Penn and Princeton), and although the relationship didn't work out in the end, I am still grateful for it. I learned a lot about relationships, the east coast, colleges, and society.</p>
<p>With all this motivation and information at hand, I managed to nearly ace the SAT and get into all but one of the colleges I applied to. CC has definitely changed my life. I sit here now at an Ivy League university, and I know for a fact that I probably wouldn't be here if it weren't for this site.</p>
<p>That's my corny thank-you speech, but I owe a lot to CC -- thanks!</p>
<p>I agree! AND I Love how CCers remind me about deadlines... I would've missed so many if I didn't have CCers freaking out about it months before the deadline!</p>
<p>CC really did change my whole life(cheesy alert). Before CC I was seriously impressed with a few of the people at my school, thinking a) I could never be like them, and b) the competition for top schools could only include so many people of their caliber. Boy, was I wrong! This site opened my eyes so wide to what people are achieving out there, things no one was really even thinking about in my high school. The chances posts made me afraid but also pushed me to achieve more than I ever dreamed possible for myself. Instead of holding myself to the standards of the so-called-geniuses in my class, I hold myself to CC standards- not just URM standards, or local high school standards- CC standards. Which I'm finally meeting.
I found this site as an accident soph year, and everything's been different since.</p>
<p>I think I have to agree with everyone here. CC has meant so much for me in these past few years. I still have all senior year to go, but I know that I can definitely do my best! I found CC freshman year from a friend who referred me to it when I had some questions about the ACTs. </p>
<p>That day I didn't just find advice about the ACTs, I found a whole lot of other things. Perhaps the community at CC is competitive and at times slightly arrogant, still I wouldn't want it any other way. It's a great atmosphere that helps me set goals and then reach them. </p>
<p>Without CC I would be stuck living at home with my parents in the fall of 2009, being afraid that they would control me for the rest of my life. Fellow CCers opened my eyes to what that time of my life should be like, and I'm happy to say I feel more independent and responsible because of it. </p>
<p>The words, "CC is home" truly mean something to me as cheesy and nerdy as that sounds. Without it I would be struggling, but with CC, I am thriving.</p>
<p>cc is awesome :)</p>
<p>cc really did change my life</p>
<p>on it I met my best friend in the world <3</p>
<p>we relate to each other so incredibly well, it's not even funny</p>
<p>^ Wow, that's really awesome!!</p>
<p>I didn't know that happened to people here!</p>
<p>Thank YOU for posting this well thought-out message, Ya-Alim! My thoughts exactly...everything you have pointed out about CC, I have been feeling grateful for the same things - from the helpful members to kickback threads, I am really glad I found this place.</p>
<p>Thanks luzbrillante! I'm glad that there's a lot of gratitude for CC!</p>
<p>^^!</p>
<p>CC is definitely amazing <3</p>
<p>Long live CC!</p>
<p>Here's a link to a thread with a lot of external links that I learned about here on CC: </p>
<p>The power of a global community focused on a particular discipline (in the broad sense here, college admissions) is a beautiful thing to behold. The Internet/World-Wide Web: Right up there with fire and the wheel, IMO.</p>
<p>CC originally made me depressed (every time I got on).</p>
<p>Amen, it used to make me super depressed, but then everything changed. It encouraged me to keep up and keep trying. I'm not going to a prestigious school, but I;m going to a very good one thanks to everyone's advice on here, espcially for the essays.</p>
<p>I just joined 10 minutes ago!</p>
<p>I was just thinking last night how I would like to thank CC and then I found this thread!</p>
<p>CC is seriously the best thing that happened to me in the whole college admissions thing. I come from a little school where there is no interest in anything beyond local colleges, occasionally a larger state school. And we have no guidance counselor. I wanted to apply to the Ivies, but that seemed completely impossible. No one around here ever had and I didn't think I'd ever have a chance. I still wanted to check it out, but I had nothing to go off of....except the internet, but it's hard to find good information. Then I found CC and there was everything I needed to know! I joined the community and asked some questions of my own and they were always answered. Somehow I had found this community full of really helpful people with the same goals and questions and struggles as I was having. I don't think I've ever been too helpful, being as naive and uninformed as I am, and I've definitely benefited from more than contributed to the community. But to all of you that are willing to help people like me out, thank you!</p>