<p>If you want an example of a forum where people talk smack all day, beat down on new members who just joined and genuinely are asking real questions by calling them ■■■■■■, with a lot of mods that do nothing about the situation, please visit ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>(it’s really hard not to become snarky on here after reading SDN too much sometimes -____-)</p>
<p>But anyways - thanks for the passing mentions, but I decided to stay around after getting into MIT because CC was such an invaluable resource to me as a student going to high school in Taiwan. I went to a high school in Taiwan that had 5 AP courses and a graduation size of 55, and it was very difficult to know what the “mainstream” American high school students were doing. CC essentially, in the least cheesy way possible, became my link to American high school students.</p>
<p>Through CC, I discovered self-studying APs (I ended up graduating with 14 AP scores), Mathcamp (frosh summer!), SSP (junior summer!), even Siemens Westinghouse + Intel STS. Honestly, CC completely transformed the way I approached high school, and I still remain grateful to this forum. I am sure many homeschooled applicants may feel the same way too.</p>
<p>When I got into MIT, I think I had around 1440 posts, so I haven’t been posting all that much, but I hope to continue to contribute to this place that has given me so much (especially to new generations of MIT students! I think is like blogging for MIT anyway - I just don’t proofread as much for grammar before I hit “submit” =p). </p>
<p>I used to post a lot on the SAT/AP and College Admissions forums, but I realized my advice is probably dated by now, so I’ve stuck to almost exclusively this forum. And I do agree - we get the occasional thingmatrolljig in here - coughdatalookcough - but I really enjoy this forum and I hope it continues to help so many more prospective students. (I will definitely be very sad the day CC closes too…)</p>
<p>ps. I dedicated my 1000th post on this forum to Pton, because I really loved that school during application season (they were the only school to reject me too, incidentally -_- sigh). There’s no question who I’m dedicating my 2000th post to. =D</p>