To put things in perspective

Applying to College
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<p>A lot of us CC'ers are in the top or second decile of our class, worrying about whether or not we're going to get into <really selective="" college="">. I was talking to a friend the other day, and here's the conversation:</really></p>

<p>Him: "So you take the [October] SATs?"
Me: "Yeah"
Him: "Yeah, I did too, but I have to take them again."
Me: "Aw man, that sucks. Why?"
Him: "Well, I need to get a 900 to play NCAA sports."
Me: "Oh man, that really blows. It was probably just a fluke."
Him: "Yeah, I can't believe I messed up both times."</p>

<p>@_@</p>

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<p>Wow... well that does put things in perspective. A less dramatic perspective-putter for me was hearing people in the library look up college websites and statistics.
"Holy crap!!! The middle 50% for verbal here is 580 to 640!!! That's insane!!!" "How do so many people score that high?!" Meanwhile, I'm sitting a few seats away wishing that was the middle 50 at my schools...</p>

<p>But that's why most of us CCers worry and stress out! We're on a completely different playing field!</p>

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<p>900...out of 2400!? as in 300 per section :&lt;/p>

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<p>Yeah this CC bubble is really out of control. My m/cr beat a lot of my friend's m/cr/w.</p>

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<p>yeah people here are crazy...they need to get perspective on what is really important in life. sure college is important, but its not everything. practically nothing when deciding your happiness.</p>

<p>you people are the ones i imagine growing up as the uptight parents in a upper middle class family, who force their kid to practice tennis 5 times a week, study for SAT's daily from 9th grade up, and stress out over B+'s. cmon, is that anyway to enjoy life!!? be a little more laid back!</p>

<p>it's fine to be concerned about your future, but obsession is never a good thing.</p>

<p>this is going out mostly to the people who are unhappy with SAT scores 2300+.</p>

<p>if you always obsess on being the best and feeding an ego, you can only be disappointed.</p>

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<p>Lol the 900 was out of CR + M for NCAA sports. Emperor: I know, I hear a lot of kids say like "I got a 1500!" and I'm thinking "woah! awesome" then I realize they meant the new SATs haha.</p>

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<p>this is a ivy league prep site...CC accounts for <.5% of all high school kids</p>

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<p>believe it or not, the average score out of 1600 is about 1000..about 1500/2400 for the new one</p>

<p>and believe it or not alot of people never study for the SAT...that must be a pretty amazing fact for some peope who have studied since they were toddlers</p>

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<p>i wonder what the official collegeboard writing score average is...</p>

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<p>Yeah, this site is like the top 0.1% of college applicants, so there's no need to be discouraged by the amazing resumes here (well, of the truthfrul people).</p>

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<p>ooh 900/1600...i was gonna say lol</p>

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<p>lol i have a friend who got like 1200ish on new. and she thinks the 1800-2000 people are geniuses~! and she's not that bad at school, either... yep, we're all nuts.</p>

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<p>'Yeah, this site is like the top 0.1% of college applicants, so there's no need to be discouraged by the amazing resumes here (well, of the truthfrul people)."</p>

<p>It's not the amazing resumes that discourage me, its the ones with very good resumes that get rejected that discourage me.</p>

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<p>the smart kids at my school score around a 2000</p>

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<p>My school has about two dozen 2300+s.</p>

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<p>the "decent" score at my school's 2100-2200, i think</p>

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<p>If you go over to the Parent's Forum, you will see a number of their kid's acceptances to schools that are not on the top of the heap. I suspect there are a number of students here, posting or lurking, who have average to very good scores but who have not scored in the stratosphere. Seems to me after a fairly long time on CC that the emphasis is not as much Ivy as you might think. Good luck to all!</p>