<p>The irony.</p>
<p>Perhaps TCBH is just jealous of your ability to play the trumpet:]</p>
<p>Ya, get an ego and then most people will not like you. You can always go around telling people you play a lot of instruments since it is your band director who said it. But these instruments are ones you can’t really play but have just picked up before, that’s what a kid does at my school who has a VERY big ego.</p>
<p>My brothers play the trumpet. They know all the best trumpet jokes.</p>
<p>Why do clarinetists place their cases on the dashboard?
So they can park in handicapped spaces.</p>
<p>Wait, ThisCouldBeHeavn has brothers? Did I read that correctly? 
Like, I’ve seriously never heard of an Asian family having at least three kids lol.</p>
<p>You already have an ego. Without an ego, your superego would not be able to negotiate with you id and you would be a psychological wreck.</p>
<p>Oh, the other definition of ego…</p>
<p>To gain an ego: get 2100+ on SAT and take all AP classes. And succeed in them.</p>
<p>Anyone whose ego inflates as a result of a 2100 will be brought down to quite a painful reality seeing the results thread of any SAT on CC.</p>
<p>Isn’t the CC minimum above a 2350?</p>
<p>^^ That’s true. 
My ego was brought down after coming to this place. I need to inflate it again my increasing by score by 300.</p>
<p>haha I feel like some ppl need to take their egos down a notch. there’s a line between being confident and being arrogant. just love yourself and what you have accomplished. there’s no reason to have an attitude about it… but that’s just my personal opinion</p>
<p>^ Hippie. I suppose you’re going to Brown University?</p>
<p>Idk if this is an Asian thing remaining with me from the my young days of living in Korea, but I never respected a “big ego”. Means arrogant, no?</p>
<p>Be confident, but always be aware that there is and there will be people better than you. Humility isn’t a bad thing :O</p>
<p>Well…then I need confidence!</p>
<p>My band director has talked to me several times about how I could be sitting first chair if I had more confidence and it makes me feel like I am not acquiring my best without it. I want to do my best!</p>
<p>@gedion9324 lol noo I’m a junior and I’m not applying to brown 
but nice try. I’ve actually never been called a hippie before but I really do think that humility is important because it’s such a shame when people let their egos ruin their personalities. </p>
<p>@youwish you are probably amazingly talented!! just believe in yourself and things will fall into place, especially since your band director believes in you too! :)</p>
<p>I started attending leadership classes! 
They should help!</p>