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Sam Lee · 01-21-2008, 05:18 PM

Do you seriously believe there's some kind of unknown force at NU that draws more "grinders" than its test scores indicate? Like a black hole? lol!. If NU has more grinders and less brilliant students than you want/expect, I am pretty sure you will see even more grinders at most of the schools you apply to because they have lower test scores. You should apply to schools with higher test scores, not lower and definitely not way lower like Colorado College. Our average SAT was 1423. So the ones that score like 1600 are gonna think a lot of people are grinders whereas the ones at the lower end are gonna think there are tons of brilliant people. It's all relative and depends on whom you talk to. I am pretty sure some Harvard students think some of their peers are grinders too.

01-21-2008, 05:18 PM	#32
Sam Lee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Threads: 103 Posts: 4,859	Do you seriously believe there's some kind of unknown force at NU that draws more "grinders" than its test scores indicate? Like a black hole? lol!. If NU has more grinders and less brilliant students than you want/expect, I am pretty sure you will see even more grinders at most of the schools you apply to because they have lower test scores. You should apply to schools with higher test scores, not lower and definitely not way lower like Colorado College. Our average SAT was 1423. So the ones that score like 1600 are gonna think a lot of people are grinders whereas the ones at the lower end are gonna think there are tons of brilliant people. It's all relative and depends on whom you talk to. I am pretty sure some Harvard students think some of their peers are grinders too. Last edited by Sam Lee : 01-21-2008 at 05:25 PM.