<p>I feel like I am one of the small few not wanting to apply to the UC's or the Ivies. I think more students wanting to attend average or midrange schools should be more active in posting and talking about their experiences. There might be people who feel bad about their academics because they didn't apply to 12 schools and didn't get accepted to Harvard, Dartmouth, or Stanford. I wanted to create this thread for the rest of us. The "I didn't make a 35 on my ACT" people. Because, good news kid, that's the VAST majority of us. Be proud of your academics. You can challenge yourself wherever you go. So this is our place to share our rejections and acceptances, our disappoints, and thrills. This thread is for us, the regular people. And hey, you. You are good enough. Stop doubting yourself. </p>
<p>" students wanting to attend average or midrange schools"</p>
<p>There aren’t that many of these students in CC because such schools are typically easier to get into, which means they don’t need too much advice. Also, they’re not prestige-obsessed lol. It would be nice, though.</p>
<p>I really like the idea of this thread. I believe it is just as important to see the other side of CC that isn’t hyper competitive or prestige obsessed, so good for you.</p>
<p>I beg to differ. Some students are average students and people on CC’s satefy schools are the regular people’s reach schools. While I do agree that they are not prestige-obsessed, I do think regular people need a place to be content and talk about their accomplishments. </p>
<p>Perhaps podunkUmoderatelyPrivate.com would be better suited :)</p>
<p>On a serious note, I don’t think they would mix well with the current crowd, especially in chancing.</p>
<p>Really? I see a lot of support for average kids here. There are some colleges I’ve never even heard, that regulars are constantly giving advice on. </p>
<p>I think some of the older crowd will generally give good advice for regular kids but the CC kids themselves tend to be quite HYPSM-centered and I feel that, as inaccurate as some of the classings already are, coupled with the gullibility of an average kid (the premise already given that these kids are unfortunately, average), some of the terribly inaccurate classes may really steer people in the wrong direction.</p>