<p>Just wondering what the cons and pros are about CC for you guys.</p>
<p>Pro: Makes me care more about college and I study more.</p>
<p>Con: Takes me away from study time</p>
<p>^^ Thats a contadictory statement but its true!</p>
<p>Pro: I am able to ecuate others on the college admissions process that I myself didn't know until actually going through with it.</p>
<p>Con: Too many kids who don't know how good they have it and are as a result excessively nervous about their future education when in reality they have a good shot almost everywhere.</p>
<p>Killed it. Across the board. (At least in terms of activity and desire.)</p>
<p>Pro: I am much more well-informed about my competition in the admissions process at specific schools (Northwestern, Brown, etc)</p>
<p>Con: I am much more well-informed about my competition in the admissions process at specific schools</p>
<p>Seriously though, it's inspired me to be a harder-working student. At my high school I probably take the most rigorous schedule in my grade, have one of the top three highest ACT scores of my class, and scored in the 94th percentile on the PSAT (higher than anyone else I heard about in my grade), but here that's all totally sub-par. It's discouraging and inspiring at the same time.</p>
<p>^ yes, agreed. I've seen a change in myself.</p>
<p>for the good? :)</p>
<p>Well, no. I mean, for the most part, I've pretty much cut out all sleeping, eating, and unecessary personal hygeine practices in favor of sitting on here and discussing my bright future. I've also flunked six classes and made two of my best friends hate me because I pester them with my college application worries. My parents think I'm depressed/schizo/bi-polar and my dad came to me in tears the other day because I overloaded up his hard drive with college application files. My college counselor officially barred me from making any more appoitments. Because of me there is now a lock on the college office door and every student is assigned a top secret number and ID card just to open the door.</p>
<p>Wow. Even though you are a little over-worried, I see that as a sign of dedication. I mean if thats ALL you care about then you should kind of relax, but if you are really working hard then thats intiative. Also, your guidance counseler has a job to do and if she is not doing it, then thats not your fault (unless you make an appointment per day) :P. Anyways I dislike video games, electronics and T.V BUT college confidnetial is actually very productive because you learn a lot. Anyways, lighten up and enjoy life because next thing you know, you might not have any left.</p>
<p>I've been here only briefly, but I've found out about things I should have done and should do in order to get into any college worth anything. CC has shown me the workings of college admissions and given me an idea of what I need to achieve to gain admission to different schools. I've also discovered summer programs that I would never have known about otherwise. However, I also have become even more pessimistic about academic life in general than I had been previously--not that I shouldn't have grim prospects for college admissions next year; everyone else on here simply has more qualifications for entry into decent schools than I do.</p>
<p>NO! the world is ending 2012, my guidance counselor said so, so there is no reason to go to college, no reason to keep going. I might as well hole myself up in my room and paint.</p>
<p>Lol. She sounds like she hates her job and her life.</p>
<p>NO! She loves her life and her job! She has a little pet goldfish and she spends every Christmas, that is if she is not booked, with it. Oh nevermind, it died yesterday.</p>
<p>Please calm down lol.</p>
<p>What? What are you talking about? Huh? Huh? I am calm, just sittin' here sipping my coffee and doin' some ACT practice WHAT THE **** IS YOUR PROBLEM lay off me.</p>
<p>bedrumfront, how am I suppose to know your tone over the internet? You used explanation marks in every sentence. Instead of going crazy, just say your hyper and I suggest you tell me not to "F" off or I will have you temporarily banned and that is a GAURANTEE.</p>
<p>you misspelled guarantee</p>
<p>CC has made me less motivated because it puts so much pressure on me that I choke and therefore accomplish fewer things than I would have. I never thought I'd get over my CC addiction, but trust me: Once you're immersed in the college environment, it's likely that you will. Hard to explain but there's something about being in college that changes one's mindset about this forum. I suddenly acquired the mentality that "this is it...every action I take will influence my future in some way" (I suppose the same could be said of high school, but college makes this sentiment more real). Such attitude has given me motivation to study . Being in an environment where everyone else is also studying is another great incentive... my school's library has this great study room with a high ceiling, much like the research room at Boston Public Library. I love it. At times when I normally wouldn't want to study if I'm at home (like now), I would. Though I do have the urge to study right now.</p>
<p>thanks bedrumfront.</p>
<p>gianscolore, thats a sign of being intellectual.</p>
<p>What CC has done not for me, but for others...</p>
<p>A 2300 is just not good enough.
A 5 on an AP exam is not something to aim for, it's something that you're supposed to get.
Taking five APs? Yeah, not good enough. You need fifty more to stand out.
A 800/800/700 is bad because it's lopsided. LOOK AT IT. That 700 is going to kill everything else.
It's all about the elite colleges. What other colleges are there?</p>
<p>I don't fit in this. Just a grain of dark humor.</p>