@goldenfygg Same here. I know these four girls who ONLY took AP courses for their junior AND senior year - they will graduate with 15+ AP classes! I can’t even fathom doing that, I’d probably crack under the pressure. I have no idea how they both manage to keep their 4.0s. Whenever I talk to them, all they talk about is academic-related topics. But something I noticed is that they have almost no ECs and they don’t really even have hobbies, which makes me question what they even want to do later in life.
As someone who will be graduating with 15+ AP classes I can tell your firsthand that the pressure is sufferable. But then again it is the system which drives us to take so many AP’s. It is the system that is breaking us.
I truly believe that the quote that OrchidBloom quoted is the solution to this problem.
“The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” -Steven Furbick
The nerve of some people, thinking that they can easily take and get 5’s in AP Classes.
ONLY I CAN DO THAT! I shall use the power of the KraGle to decimate anyone who says otherwise!
Silly mortals…
That just may be one of the greatest quotes I have ever heard…
Some of my daughter’s friends think she is a perfect kid. Top of her class. 17 AP classes, 5 on all of them. Perfect SATs, lots of awards, 300 hours of volunteer work this year, in addition to leadership roles in her clubs, tutoring, etc. They know she works hard, but she also has exceptional analytical abilities so she gets her work done very efficiently. Her friends have told her they are jealous that schoolwork comes so easily to her, so she knows she hasn’t had to work as hard as most kids. She has also done some modeling work - she gets her great looks from her father’s side of the family.
But while my husband and I are proud that she has remained a humble, nice kid, who has been a friend in need to many of her peers, we also know she still has a lot to learn - like she needed to be told pack Boots and mittens for her visit to YALE!
She forgot her lunch bag this morning.
Yesterday she forgot to charge her cell phone. These are what come to mind as they are recent. Let’s not get into her attempts to learn how to drive…
We love her dearly, and are immensely proud or her most of the time, but sometimes, she reminds us that its a good thing that admissions offcers don’t see everything. The best and the brightest kids put their pants on one leg at a time like everyone else.
We have not been a religious family, but her grandparents are all deeply religious. When she got her perfect SAT scores, her grandmother told her don’t be so high on yourself, the last time there was a perfect kid was a couple thousand years ago. I told my mom It didn’t go so well for Him at the time, but it is pretty cool that people are still talking about Him today.
@3puppies
How did they know that I was born 2000 years ago? 
Do you think colleges would rather have these “perfect” people with their hidden faults or rather hard-working students marked by failure and perseverance?
@Hawkace Agreed! That’s an amazing quote.
@SippinCoffee Same here! I found that comparing myself to others just made my perform worse in school because I only did my best in school just to do better than others instead of learning and improving myself. I found it better to just take inspiration from them instead of becoming jealous of them.