<p>Chancing??
I don't understand why students feel they would be in the position to "chance" students for any school and why any prospective student would want to be chanced? There's plenty of info on colleges website as to info on the students being admitted. What's the point of all this==ego stroking? I don't get it.....Please explain.....</p>
<p>I think they’re bored and that they do it for fun while waiting for the real results.</p>
<p>Because I know everything.</p>
<p>I’ve actually been wondering that since I first came across this site in 2003. Still have no idea… and still have never gotten involved in those threads.</p>
<p>If not here, then where?</p>
<p>I say let if you let one chance you, don’t let other answers stop you from applying. So at the least if asking to be chance for a particular school, let it be a school you know you will be applying to reguardless. I’ve came across many different university forums and some students were given really light/ harsh answers towards whether they would be accepted. I myself thought after reading over some chance me threads, oh wow I probably shouldn’t even apply if this user is a low reach etc… but decided not to let such still stop me from applying, since there are still admission officers to go through. I have also came across some chance me threads where some claim they are definately in.</p>
<p>I agree, it’s a bit odd. I could see the point if these people actually knew what they’re on about, but in my limited experience, people here are waaaay too negative. I think a lot of people just want a pat on the back, hence all the false modesty.</p>
<p>I’m guilty of the Chance Me.</p>
<p>I do it because I want genuine opinions- I’m more or less considered the cream of the crop by teachers and fellow students who tell me I can get in anywhere I apply, which is far from true. People on here tend to be more realistic at best, negative at worst.</p>
<p>I also like to get opinions on other schools I should apply to that aren’t talked about much in my region.</p>
<p>And yeah, a tad of an ego-stroke, I’ll admit. :)</p>
<p>Well one thing about chancing is people will give feedback regarding your stats and what you should work on improving…</p>
<p>Also people can say, I made it into so-and-so with these stats or I didn’t with these stats.</p>
<p>Other than that, it seems to be ego-stroking in my book…</p>
<p>People do it because they want to be told that they have a good shot so they can feel more secure.</p>
<p>Topic probably posted in the wrong forum, but whatever.</p>
<p>Anyways, it is a great tool for those who had no experience with the university to see where they stand and what course of action they need to take. For instance, before I browsed through here, I never knew the UChicago was big on interviews and essays while it’s all a numbers game at Michigan, SAT II’s are a huge factor at Columbia, and NYU will admit you with submitting only 3 AP scores as standardized testing, in addition to all the other quirks that many colleges have and look for in their incoming student body. It is also a good way to align your previous high school career plan with your potential school by determining how you placed your academic interest over those all-important younger years, such as overemphasis on GPA while maintaing no EC’s, or a huge underemphasis on GPA due to the fact you wanted that 2400, or whatever.</p>
<p>Just make sure you don’t take their posts too seriously, and always check up on “important” posts by reading through the forums and doing a mild fact-check on the poster, or googling info and doing a more accurate fact check yourself using the “clues” they gave you. “Chancing” can help steer you clear of important roadblocks if used properly.</p>
<p>what i don’t understand is why someone would ask to be chanced back. if the person can’t ascertain their own chances, why would you want to ask that person to figure yours?</p>
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<p>Tis a great question you pose.</p>
<p>^ You know, it just MIGHT be that being chanced is along the same lines as “how do I look?” Obvious flaws will be reported it time to get them corrected.</p>
<p>Hmm chance threads on CC make me think of myspace profile pictures…</p>
<p>Because high school students care what other people think. They don’t have any real belief in their abilities to get in, or not get in, to HPYS, so they need other people to tell them their thoughts about whether or not they can get in. </p>
<p>And the people who chip in like to feel important and authorative.</p>
<p>Ego stroking??? As a parent you should really feel like a loser for coming here and making judgments like this. College admissions is a huge time for most students, ESPECIALLY those that come on this website. Should we start making judgments about the parents who come on CC instead??? That would be pretty easy given most of your posts. I think you need to check out [Helicopter</a> parent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent]Helicopter”>Helicopter parent - Wikipedia)</p>