<p>I am ranked 1/500 with a 4.333 weighted GPA. So I felt really good among my peers and they all tell me that I have a great chance for any school in the country.</p>
<p>But coming to this website, with people ranked 10% with 12 APs and 4.7 GPA, makes me feel bad about myself.</p>
<p>I think this site needs to diversify a bit more, pour in some slightly average people to fill in the gaps to create a fairer (woh this word got past FF spell checker, looked like french) curve. </p>
<p>So ya you smart people with your 1000+ volunteer hour and 20 president of every club in your school, a job well done.</p>
<p>Obviously you haven't been here long enough... what makes you feel bad about your stats??? </p>
<p>Get a grip... the vast majority of the kids here aren't that stellar and rank your 1/500 rank isn't exactly horrible. Grow a little backbone and face the fair fight with a little dignity...</p>
<p>high schools weigh GPA's differently. A 4.7 from somewhere might not be the same as a 4.7 at your school (if that's even possible, it's not at mine!).</p>
<p>Here you are connected with thousands of very talented academic minds, some with 4.0 UW GPA's, some who have done 4 years or research, and some with 2400 SAT I's and II's. Welcome to life.</p>
<p>wow. if this website makes you cry, what will happen when you're looking for a job?? </p>
<p>I understand the intimidation, as I feel that too sometimes. But you have to remember that everybody comes from a different background/story and that they come from different schools as well. (at my school, it's impossible to get a 4.7 or even above a 4.5). </p>
<p>Don't let one website get you down. Stick it out, and do the best YOU can do.</p>
<p>GPA is calculated differently at each school...using another school's method, you might have a 4.7. rank is a much better tool to ascertain how competitive you are. given that you're val of a class of 500, there's no reason for you to cry.</p>
<p>1/500 = you are competitive at every college in the united states (except all women's schools if your a man, or vice versa) and assuming your SAT score is respectable, there are probably many schools you could attend for free.</p>
<p>LOL @ a website making you cry, whether it's literal or figurative is not relevant...that was hilarious. </p>
<p>Frankly, I find this nothing more than attention whoring (which I can't blame, since I do that quite a bit on these forums only for the lulz), it's not like you have all F's, you're...ranked 1, and have a good GPA. I'm guessing you'll go to a decent college at least. You're pretty smart...I'd actually see the point if you did have like all F's and was in a crisis or something.</p>
<p>And Gryffon's spot on about the rest. On a side note, my presence alone on these forums occupy the exact opposite end of the spectrum of the "President of 20 clubs, genius, 4.7, 20 AP's" on the sole purpose of its existence, contributing to that "diversity".</p>
<p>The "average" kids are lurking around here somewhere (real average, not the fake i-got-a-1760-which-is-still-260-points-above-the-national-average average)- but if I had anything less than a 3.5, I wouldn't have the testicles to post anything on here, not least because I'm a girl. I'm thinking alot of people are like me that way. So all you see are kids who, on some level, know they're competitive for great schools. Don't sweat it.</p>