<p>i do have a problem with worrie mom who labels me and my friends at the school who do study hard to succeed in ap classes as “academically unmotivated” and makes it seem as if getting accepted into stanford or mit which u seem to be fascinated with is the only thing that makes you “academically motivated.”</p>
<p>Lol, I actually wonder if the quality and location of the school played a role in my acceptance as well… I’m not even ranked at the top of my class (When I applied for Stanford SECA, I was #5 in a class of 315, by no means as extraordinary as the countless soon-to-be valedictorian of a class of 800+ that I’ve seen applying as well), and I actually shared similar activities to the girl(?) you’re describing-- I attended an international relations course at CAL and started and International Action (Interact) Club at my school and participated in various other clubs, and I took a good amount of AP courses out of all that my school offered, with acceptable but by no means stellar test scores. However, I was still outshone by some of the world-class caliber stats I saw on this site for deferred and rejected students.
HOWEVER, I also come from an arguably low-quality school in the Bay Area – a public school in Oakland, and I’m not talking about the swanky schools up in the Oakland Hills, I’m talking about gang territory (I think a murder occurred at our school about eight years ago? And only half of my class was estimated to graduate high school at one point).<br>
And I can’t help but wonder if location really did play a part.</p>
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wow. it’s a bit hard to stand out at that school don’t u think =P</p>
<p>^lol story of my high school -__________-</p>
<p>worriemom is a total kevin, dont u agree u kno who!</p>