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<li>The average SAT score is 2300.</li>
<li>Average ACT score is above 33.</li>
<li>On average, everyone has won a state competition or place in a national competition.</li>
<li>Average number of AP's taken by a high school student is 8.</li>
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<p>what are some other [joke] things that CC has taught you?</p>
<p>That the best way to estimate whether you will get into a particular college or not is to ask people who know even less than you do about your chances to “chance” you.</p>
<p>Not valedictorian? NOT A CHANCE</p>
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<p>Sarcasm aside, CC has taught me:</p>
<p>1) What the best AP review books are; huge shout-out to dark knight for making the CC community aware of the potent Crash Course series.
2) There is always someone better than I am. More APs, perfect SAT scores, Olympiads, etc.</p>
<p>90% of people are in the top decile of their class, and people in the bottom half of their class don’t actually exist.</p>
<p>Your extracurricular list doesn’t include starting a charity that feeds starving African children? Sorry, you have bad ECs, you won’t get into college.</p>
<p>1) You should always aim as high as you can go. before I came on CC, my dream college was UCSC, now it’s much higher than that.</p>
<p>Ivy acceptances never make any sense. </p>
<p>Sent from my SPH-D710 using CC</p>
<p>To achieve perfect CR score, all you need are DH 1&2 and BB book</p>
<p>People are crazy.</p>
<p>Even though there are thousands of colleges in the world, the only ones that matter are the “top” 20. 30 if you’re pushing it.</p>
<p>There are a ton of people who are way smarter than me.</p>
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<li>Everyone has an “amazing” essay</li>
<li>Everyone is worshiped by his/her teachers and gets glowing letters of recommendation</li>
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<p>Being president of two clubs, doing club soccer, hip hop, and volunteering at a cultural center is considered “weak” ECs. SAT is not an intelligence test as most people see it; if you study and practice hard, your score will improve.</p>
<p>A surprising number of kids who got 1800 on the SAT on their first shot post messages saying that they are shooting for 2300 the next time, and ask what can they do to accomplish this feat.</p>
<p>The only good SAT score is 2390. Anything under is not good enough, and a 2400 means you have no life. Also, a 2390 means nothing unless you also have perfect SAT IIs. Without this, all ivys are reaches.</p>
<p>In addition to taking all available AP courses at the school, one must also enroll him or her-self into a local community college as well as self-study at LEAST 8 additional APs.</p>
<p>That people getting higher grades aren’t smarter than me, they just don’t sleep, eat, or talk.</p>
<p>Everyone can magically get a 5 on any test and also play multiple sports and still have time to do homework.</p>
<p>Average cc’er: “You got a 2340? Wow, you must be really stupid. You definitely need to retake if you ever want to be admitted into a good US college.” But seriously, cc has made my step up my game. Seeing the competition out there, especially among international applicants(i actually first heard about the olympiad on cc), has made me work harder to create a better college app.</p>