<p>I was going to be all stuck up and whiney and teary eyed here but after reading this</a> post I had to chuckle. Kudos to the OP :o)</p>
<p><em>few minutes later</em> Ok. Now I can be depressed. :*-( I just got my ACT scores (Eng. 29, Read. 34, Math 32... and Science, when I had started to feel nauseated from not having breakfast, 25-- a 30 combined) </p>
<p>This combined with my sat scores 800v/700w/670m... and my satIIs which I never sent in (Chem and math -which godforbid anyone should ever remind me the scores of again- and Lit 790)... makes me really question "in the future where will I be?"</p>
<p>Yeah. I feel -pretty- bad. But I don't really have any choice now. I worked well in highschool, perhaps not my best, but I am not going to degrade myself either. I should've, could've done better, but no use wasting moments over hours past. I know I am lucky, I have had a lot of opportunities that many people never have, I didn't take some of them, and I took others. But I've already written my applications... my fate's sealed (as depressing as that sounds) at least as far as admissions go... Maybe I won't get to all of my dream schools, maybe I won't get to any school, and maybe I'll get to some school and won't be able to afford it-- in the end it'll be a combination of who I am (my fault) + how others compare to me (their fault) + god's dice-- But this term I have the best classes and have really re-discovered how enjoyable learning is-- Sort of reminds me of grade one when I used to sit on the very front row and stare at the teacher with this wide grin on my face-- </p>
<p>Anyways, just wanted to say to anyone else who is going through the same thing-- don't forget, regardless of how hard it might seem, this is just the start. </p>
<p>[That is unless you have perfect scores and an EA to your dream school ... in which case out of here you..<em>shakes fist</em> :p]</p>
<p>Please, a 30 is a good score. You are the 97th percentile, for Pete's sake. Don't be such a perfectionist.</p>
<p>You'll find yourself in a fine college. My daughter got a 30 and is now in her dream school, Brown (didn't get in everywhere she applied, but she got in where it mattered). Her safety school admits everyone with an ACT of at least 24. So obviously you will get in somewhere!</p>
<p>Yeah lets not be ridiculous here. You have a perfect verbal score and amazing scores in all of your other tests. Some of us didn't get scores that good and we arent whining. When you post things like that it is very depressing for some people.</p>
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<p>Where will you be with an 800 on verbal and a 1500 combined? Probably at a community college or just straight to McDonald's. That is my guess.</p>
<p>WIth an defeatest attitude and not seeing your own potential, you will not do well...people with lower scores go on to great things, if you think of yourself as a failure, no matter how high your scores</p>
<p>Or, you are trolling for compliments</p>
<p>Either way, step back and read what you wrote, if another poster wrote what you did, what would you say to them?</p>
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<p>Thank you DianeR, I am glad your daughter got into her dream school, I'm sure she must have been quite amazing :)</p>
<p>I wasn't trying to sound defeatist or pessimistic or demeaning or whatever, and I apologize if it did seem so... I don't know, I was just expecting -amazing- scores, I thought it'd somehow be the miracle 'magical ticket' that would get me out of the big headache and financial mess seems to be worse and worse__ ehh, just needed to vent.. :-/</p>