<p>Why not let the people with an actual dilemma... ask if they've got a chance... instead of ppl who just want to brag about themselves.</p>
<p>example of what people say:
"Do I have a chance at an IVY? I've got almost perfect SATs, lots of APs, high 3....something GPA, and lots of volunteer work...." blah blah blah.
get over yourself.</p>
<p>seriously...</p>
<p>I say ditch the whole asking in the first place. Just go for it.</p>
<p>I fully agree. Kids with I "only" have 2340 or something. People just shouldn't reply to those posts.</p>
<p>I seriously agree. Like the other day, after coming back from an SAT II test with missing around 10+ questions, I read some posts regarding SAT II tests that had "i got a 760ish should i retake?" or something like "i got around 6 wrong, im gonna cancel my scores" or "i got 3 wrong. there goes my shot for 800!".
wayyy to top it off. lmao i hate those kind of posts, im happy other ppl realize it too! after reading cc = self esteem drop.</p>
<p>they should warn against it when someone registers lol!</p>
<p>i am not even kidding, but there was this one kid who asked if he should retake a 790 on an SAT II test.....</p>
<p>Oh. I know..it makes me feel inferior. I mean, I am glad you missed 3 or got a 790..but COME ON.. what else do you want?
Self -esteem warning is definitely a great idea! I'm surprised I'm not depressed yet. lol</p>
<p>I find it even more ridiculous when there are people who post threads with titles like "im so average" or "can i go to my dream schools?" when they subsequently post their profiles with incredible SAT scores of 2200-2400 or ACT scores of 32-36, and their near absurd amount of "look-at-me-i-saved-the-world" ECs...</p>
<p>Haha, seriously though, not to bash on those people, but they really should not be wandering around on chances threads like a sick lost puppy...They know they can get in easily...It's all about bragging and showiness.</p>
<p>Of course, this subsequently makes CC an environment filled with pretentious overachievers who believe a 3.8 to be low...</p>
<p>Argh, RIDICULOUS!</p>
<p>Well, that's the whole point of CC. To post unrealistic stats of intellectual overachievers around the nation.</p>
<p>Ivy's are seriously competitive however. I know this one guy that had a 2300+ SAT, 35 ACT, 4.6ish W GPA, president of 4 clubs, that got rejected from Stanford and Yale. </p>
<p>Tons of people are like this. College admissions are bizzare, so some people may want to confirm their chances.</p>
<p>However, people that BS their stats should be shot. I can't stand any of those people. It's really screwing us over >_></p>
<p>What I find especially interesting/scary, even though it applies to me as well, is that many CC kids feel more capable of differentiating between the tippy-top students, and telling who has a slightly better chance of making it into HYPS, than they do looking at the stats of a B student and saying whether they're in range for a given college.</p>
<p>mrclassicfreak, i totally agree.</p>
<p>CC is the gathering place for intellectual overachievers!</p>
<p>But forgottenmuch, if admission chances are so bizarre, why even bother posting asking for chances?</p>
<p>We all make chance threads and chance others, but ultimately, nothing any of us say can truly be held accountable...We do not make admission decisions, colleges do, and colleges do indeed care more things BESIDES high numbers and showy ECs.</p>
<p>being on cc is a huge blow to my ego
it seems like everyone is amazing :(
reading chance threads makes me feel like i'm never going to get into college. haha.</p>
<p>but you can't discount the fact that people with perfect stats are worried as well, and want to figure out which of harvard, princeton or yale is the best match :s</p>
<p>I agree that it DOES get a bit old.</p>
<p>But I think that it's actually pretty cool that I stumbled upon an online hub of over-achievers because it taught me to be more humble. Honestly, I've seen so many arrogant kids at my school who used to NOT study at all and get amazing stats on EVERYTHING and balance their social life + ec's AND brag about it and rub it in people's faces, but once they got into college, they realized that there ARE people out there that ARE better than them, more brilliant than them, AND more humble.</p>
<p>It's annoying, but I think it's inspiring and humbling. :/ I dunno...</p>
<p>I agree about the "Woe is me, I only have a 2390 SAT," kids, that's rather irritating, but for other kids, think about how stressful all the college stuff is. Maybe they just need a little validation from some people who know a little about college admissions rather than their parents who think that since they have straight-A's they can automatically get into Harvard? Everyone around these super-kids get so used to them being "super," that no grade is ever high enough.</p>
<p>I agree too. I posted about my son. B student, act 27 and sat totals of 1800. Hardly average in the real world. And no one even had heard of the schools, 4 of which were very well written about in the book "Colleges that Change Lives". Unbelieveable.</p>
<p><em>sniff</em> <em>sniff</em> Do I smell jealousy in the air? Why does it matter to you if people with great stats need a little validation? Just don't post on those threads. It seems to me like this thread is just a way for people with stats that aren't quite so amazing (not that there's anything wrong with that) to complain.</p>
<p>Curlygirl, your son sounds like a bright guy, but I think your sniffy "unbelievable" is a little uncalled for. So what, other kids are smarter than your kid. Why does it matter to you that people here haven't heard of your son's colleges? I think somebody's looking for...validation! Just like all the other kids on this board with amazing stats, but it's only okay for those of you are more average?</p>
<p>^ The only problem I have is when people say.. I did bad on the SAT.. i got a 2300.. ridiculous stuff like that. I'm alright with those people asking their chances though.</p>
<p>But why does it matter to you? I concede that some people do write posts to brag about their special-ness, but I agree with southeasttitan that for people used to performing to perfection, no grade will ever be high enough unless it is their best. Perhaps you and I and other members of CC have very different perceptions of what is acceptable and what is not.</p>
<p>Most of the posters on this thread need to accept that there exists a whole community of overachievers on CollegeConfidential, and there also exists a whole community that is willing to honestly critique their applications for some of the best schools in the nation, arrogance (or naivete) notwithstanding.</p>
<p>P.S. I'm going to retake a 2270 I got as a sophomore. Sue me.</p>
<p>^ lol..but atleast you didn't say it was a BAD score.. I mean sure if I got a 2270, I'll try again and see if I can get a better score IF i know I can. There's a big difference between what you are saying and what other people say.
It's easy to tell the difference between braggers and people who genuinly care.
I am not saying that striving for perfection is a bad thing. Sometimes I wish I could have gotten a 100 even if I got a 99. That means I'll study more for the next test, but then again I DON"T believe that it's a bad score.
I hope I am getting my point across here. I mean, I'm happy that you have a high score. =D. Jealousy plays no part in why im criticizing bragging people. If you really want to present your great scores to people correctly, then don't say stuff like.. I'm average i Have a 2300 SAT score. Maybe YOU think that's average, but don't present it to people that way because it will come out as bragging more than anything else.
^ Btw, I'm not saying that you are bragging or anything, and I'm not pinpointing this to you.. I'm just talking about the typical bragging people type. You don't come across as one.</p>