<p>Some people are really helpful, while others are jerks, and over time you learn to discern which is which.</p>
<p>Sometimes I think to myself, to improve my self-esteem, “if I was as great at CR and W as I am at Math, I’d have a 2220, and be as smart as the average CC member! :)” Incidentally, I’m 560 CR and 600 W. <em>comments accusing me of tainting the site with stupidity commence</em></p>
<p>Yale adcoms choose acceptances by throwing paintballs and darts</p>
<p>1) Your best is not good enough.
2) You probably aren’t trying your best, anyways.
3) 2200 is average.
4) 4 APs is normal.
5) 90% of CC is better than you when you first join.
6) Finish high school with at least Multivariable Calculus. AP Calc AB? Who are we, freshmen?!
7) Ivies are impossible.</p>
<p>I was smart until I went on this site</p>
<p>@aek I am totally with you on that.</p>
<p>Sent from my MB855 using CC</p>
<p>I, too, will second #24</p>
<p>CC, junior year, definitely scared me. lol. I really felt like I had no chance in anywhere. But as summer came and senior year rolled on, I realized most of the CC’ers are just insane and I’d probably never associate with them in school or public. Yeah, they might be my boss in the future, but would I party with them? Never.</p>
<p>But seriously, I learned a lot from CC (beside the never-able-to-enter-anywhere-if-you-don’t-get-2350+)</p>
<p>I learned a great technique of bracketing in CR, word lists that are just PERFECT, and many math tips I’d never thought if I never went on this site.</p>
<p>So Thank you CC. Even though you completely ruined my sophomore year, I’m glad I met you</p>
<p>1) I suck.
2) I’m really not that smart.
3) Even Pomona is a “high reach,” apparently. With two internships, two jobs, and three instruments. And a 4.0 uw with 5 AP tests. And a 2190 first try no studying with the promise of a 2300+ later. Still a high reach.
4) I need to aim way lower. Apparently a good “match” is UCD.
5) I should just give up now. </p>
<p>But more importantly: I’m really glad I know how to have balance in my life. I’m glad I enjoy going out and going to parties. It’s made me feel a little better knowing that even if I don’t get into my reach schools, the kids that do clearly deserve it. And to me, being a little social was more important than a 6th ap test or a national Olympiad. I will be at peace no matter where I end up.</p>
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<li>Adcoms determine admissions by rolling dice.</li>
<li>Having a high GPA and SAT score does not exclude one from being an idiot.</li>
<li>People compensate their insecurities with unrelenting academic achievement.</li>
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<p>I am not really smart.
I should give up Stanford as a goal, because my freshman PSAT was only 193.</p>
<p>I am way less neurotic and self-obsessed than other high school students and I will grow up to be happier and more prosperous than almost all of CC’s frequenters.</p>
<p>You can’t be the best because there will always be someone better than you.
Give up.
Don’t give up because you want to get into Harvard don’t you?
Just push a little harder. You can do it. Stop falling down. There’s no time for that.
Why didn’t you make nationals?
I don’t actually care. You can forget about Yale now.
Stop making excuses - it’s all your fault. You were the one responsible for creating your life path and you are the one that failed.
It’s okay. I heard state school grads are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies too.
Your life won’t exactly be over if you don’t get into an Ivy. It might take time to recover, but you will, slowly. Take in your new surroundings: you’ll be here for four years.</p>
<p>And don’t even get me started on the Prep School part of CC…
God, it’s vicious there.</p>
<p>I will never succeed in life because<br>
A.) Despite being ranked 1/271, I go to below-average public school and therefore am only as good as someone ranked 100/200 at a private school</p>
<p>B.) I’ll never get into a top-20 school if I don’t give up my life in my junior year</p>
<p>C.) Winning national titles is a piece of cake</p>
<p>lol, #33 seems most accurate</p>
<p>What I’ve learned: There are many, many trolls out there.</p>
<p>There’s a strong correlation between intelligence and being a jerk. It seems if you ask a question that someone feels is lower than their intelligence, their chest puffs up, they put on their “holier than though” hat on and speak out of their buttocks.</p>
<p>^I think it might only seem that way because you can’t always tell that the humble intelligent people are intelligent at all</p>
<p>When I came to CC, I discovered that there are a lot of smart high school students who stupidly think that the prestige of their college determines their value as human beings, and their brilliant minds are constantly bogged down by obsessive thoughts about college admissions. And I realized I don’t want to be like that. So thanks CC.</p>
<p>(Sarcastic Mode)</p>
<p>CC has taught me: >If you don’t have at least a 2300, give up your hopes for any sort of future.</p>
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<p>(Serious Mode): >Admission into the top tier colleges is, for the most part, a crapshoot.</p>
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