Annoying Overachievers

xolala · 03-10-2008, 06:31 PM

Just a rant. Has anyone ever met someone who was an overachiever who would just put other people down and think they're better than everyone else just because they had a perfect 4.0 GPA? Like I know this girl who does pretty well in school, high honors, etc. and she constantly talks about how she's going to decorate her room in harvard and etc. I'm like "um...you haven't even applied yet" and then she directs the questions to me "are you thinking of going to college?" -_-'' I have a 3.6 GPA, yeah i WOULD think i'm going to college.

I don't know, some peopel think grades is the way to happiness and success. I feel like it's more being street smart and being an open persont that will lead to your sucess. I'm asian and I just feel a lot of my asian counterparts act like this. -_-''

thelittlemermaid · 03-10-2008, 07:00 PM

Well, I know a girl like that not only in grades but in every aspect of life. She's so annoying! And she doesn't even have a 4.0 GPA. She tried to put me down for my grades a few times, and I had a better GPA than her (as did most people)!

Other than that one weird case, there aren't a lot of overachievers in my grade. There are, however, a lot of smart people. They just don't act in that way.

I also don't think grades are the way to happiness, but they do seem to be the way to get into college. It's an unfortunate truth. It shouldn't be all about grades, though.

ibtelling · 03-10-2008, 07:02 PM

These people are truly insecure, so don't absorb or even listen to their remarks. It's rather a waste of your time out of your life.

bigreddawgie · 03-10-2008, 07:07 PM

jealous much?

jk

griffon · 03-10-2008, 07:07 PM

completely know what your talking about even though i have a 4.9 w gpa and got a 2400 on the SAT...kidding...i know a lot of condescending people like that too and i just flip em the bird and peace

Earilmadith · 03-10-2008, 07:31 PM

What I hate are the people like that, perfect grades and activities and all that, who are super nice about it. Like actually good people you'd have a nice chat with at a party or smile at at a youth group meeting. They're the worst because you feel bad for being annoyed with them over their perfection because you know in opposite circumstances, they wouldn't feel the same about you.

AeroEngineer3141 · 03-10-2008, 07:33 PM

Fortunately, I don't know anyone like this.

Bring a digital camera with you when she opens that small rejection envelope from Harvard.

xolala · 03-10-2008, 07:33 PM

haha aeroengineer, love you!

griffon · 03-10-2008, 07:35 PM

thats a great idea...and post the picture of her face as your facebook profile pic

Duper · 03-10-2008, 07:38 PM

Why's anyone even replying to this thread? OP only has a 3.6GPA.

Newjack88 · 03-10-2008, 07:39 PM

ignore her. by listening to her talk about how good she is you are enabling her narcissism.

n0stalgia · 03-10-2008, 07:40 PM

I don't really know people like that... but I do get annoyed anyway with the non-pretentious people who are baisically perfect students.
Which makes me feel bad about myself.

interruptingcow · 03-10-2008, 07:41 PM

story of my life. my grade has ~300 people, but only maybe 30-40ish are "honors kids". many of the top 10 kids are what i would consider "annoying overachievers" (btw im not among the top 10, more like top 10-20ish, but no one would tell that i'm ranked "this high".)

this one girl is maybe ranked 6-7ish? and when we got our psat scores back and she found out i scored higher than her, she was like "ew..YOU beat me?" hm, another common scenerio would be when i freak out before a quiz/test and say something like "omg im gonna fail!", she'd be like "yeah, you will fail. dont worry."

i hate these annoying overachievers who think that they're so superior just cuz of their high gpas.

griffon · 03-10-2008, 07:42 PM

everyone needs to just chill and go with the flow bro...peace out...make love not war

ChaiMex · 03-10-2008, 07:43 PM

Well I would like to see her letter of rejection...

anyways, I've sort of met one of those, but it doesn't bother me...

What BUGS me is when a person acts superior to you...they act as if they are so smart...
I had this situation, I was not in the GT program here...and I had to make them test me...
So I got in (barley) and everyone would tell me how stupid I was, how I didn't deserve to be in there, how they were the 'original' in there, and How I was going to Fail.
Well...I proved them all wrong, I was number 3 in the class of 30 (Gifted and Talented students)... I hope I can do just as good this time. I try hard and get where I want to go, I have shut most of those kids up. Most of them beg and grovel to see my homework. I barley made the top 10% around but one kid in particular who was taunting me (one of my 'friends') didn't and I rub it in his face when he tries to pull that crap on me.
I'm smarter when it come to details and current events and history...and I actually do my homework unlike half the class...I try and if you try your hardest you have nothing of being ashamed of...no matter what Princesses going-to-Harvard says. She's probably going to get rejected anyways they're acceptance rate is like 9%.