<p>Umm, I’m pretty sure black people only go to college on football or basketball scholarships.</p>
<p>Lol catching up on this thread now.</p>
<p>@lldm, I’m in the same boat as you re: having a good flagship option. If I stayed at home, I could probs only do a few years of UG and go straight to professional school - w/ AP credits and the fact that you don’t need to complete your degree to get accepted. </p>
<p>The college process here is sooo chill. Literally,you can send in apps to the ‘flagship’ by April and still get in. And it’s basically GPA, maybe a bit on ECs but not much. For the major scholarships - there’s one where you get a full ride + 8,500 stipend yearly + summer experiences and only 30 kids in the country get it, ECs are more important.</p>
<p>Hard to believe tomorrow will be my last first day of school! I don’t even have a first block class though- I have only one class in the entire day (though my schedule has to get altered a bit) tomorrow.</p>
<p>@superstarlala: haha don’t worry, this thread has been getting lots of activity these days…But yeah, fellow NaNoWriMo participants! I enjoy it, but this year there’s college apps, urgh.</p>
<p>lol, I wish getting into my flagship was that easy. I don’t know about CSUs because in the words of many people “Don’t go to a CSU if that’s the best school you get into… just go to community college”, but I know that UC Berkeley is the flagship school in the UC system. And it is pretty hard to get into, although ~8% of the c/o 2013 is there. Oh god. It’s why out-of-state public schools are safeties for so many people at my school.</p>
<p>I get the “Where are you going to college?” question a lot too. I guess its partially because even the state flagship (CU-Boulder) has like a 90% acceptance rate, so most kids just pick a state school and not apply anywhere else. I usually tell people that I’m applying to a lot of places, and if questioned further, that my top choice is Caltech. This is typically met with an “Oh, that’s nice,” although there is the occasional “Oh I know so-and-so who went there and he/she loves San Luis Obispo!”</p>
<p>(If anyone doesn’t know, Caltech is in fact in Pasadena but is often confused for being Cal Poly in SLO.)</p>
<p>I get really nervous when adults who I don’t know very well/out of my family ask me about college. I don’t know why, but I get nervous like stage fright. I just rattle off a few names and end the conversation.</p>
<p>I usually pretend I’ve never thought about it before. This is mostly because I have an irrational superstitious belief that telling people about the schools I want to get into will jinx my chances. I like to pretend I don’t care very much…and I’m almost done with high school and college admissions and the general madness/stupidity of it all, so a lot of times I really don’t care.</p>
<p>I feel the same way when people ask me about college, I get nervous too haha… I kind of pretend I have no clue/ don’t care much, because I know the places I really want to go to are the ones I’m definitely not guaranteed acceptance at…</p>
<p>Yeah, black people of the thread unite!</p>
<p>Lol, I think people are still surprised that I am a fairly intelligent black female. I feel like no matter what school I get into, people (including my friends…) will automatically assume affirmative action. It does get to be a little frustrating sometimes. Or, people will say that if an Asian person had the same exact stats as me, they would not even be given a second glance. Part of me wants to get rejected JUST to show my friends that being black alone is not enough to get me into college. But then I remember that my desire to go to those schools trumps my desire to spite them. Seriously though, I cannot count how many times I’ve expressed college woes to my friends and they’ve all gone, “It’s okay, you can get into whatever school you want because you’re black!” Um…not that simple…</p>
<p>Even last year, whenever I told someone I wanted to go to Yale, I would always say something like, “Yeah, my dream school would be Yale, but with a 7% admission rate, probably not.” </p>
<p>I don’t know, maybe it’s just the Southern attitude, but people here always pushy when asking. </p>
<p>Example conversation:</p>
<p>Person: So where are you looking at?</p>
<p>Me: Um… I don’t know yet. </p>
<p>Person: Well, which ones are you looking at?</p>
<p>Me: Well, I’m looking at a lot right now.</p>
<p>Person: Yeah, like which ones?</p>
<p>Me: Well, I’m looking at a lot but if all else fails, I’ll be at UT Austin.</p>
<p>OR if I know them well enough,</p>
<p>Me: I’d rather tell when I get acceptance, than tell beforehand and get rejected.</p>
<p>Y’all are really awkward.</p>
<p>Person: Where are you going to college?</p>
<p>Me: UT Austin is at the top of my list.</p>
<p>Person: Good luck!</p>
<p>:rolleyes:</p>
<p>I’m like “I want to go to (insert selective college here), but it’s pretty unlikely.”
Person: You’re smart, you have a good chance</p>
<p>@collegeluva I know what you mean! I was talking to one of my friends about applying to Rice, and she said, “Rice doesn’t accept white people from our suburban town.” </p>
<p><em>facepalm</em></p>
<p>That’s why I am trying to get good scores and be as good of a candidate as I can. That way, if I do get into a great school (PLEASE GOD PLEASE!) I can talk stats and people won’t just assume AA. </p>
<p>And if people do talk AA, I will also mention that AA benefits white females more than any other group.</p>
<p>@Repede We’re CC’ers, awkwardness is in our blood.</p>
<p>Yeah, most people assume that if you’re smart, you can get into any college you want.</p>
<p>(Haha, it’s not that easy)</p>
<p>BTW have you guys heard about that Supreme Court case outlawing AA? What’s that all about? Personally I don’t feel like it will change anything, at least not in the near future</p>
<p>Haha… Kids here think because I have a semi-good SAT score, I get good grades, and I’m black, I’m guaranteed admission everywhere.</p>
<p>Then I’m like, you know that people who are valedictorians and have 2400s get rejected too. Most people in my school don’t believe me when I tell them. They said I probably heard from an invalid source or something and I’m just paranoid.</p>
<p>For some odd reason, people are under the mistaken impression that I’m actually smart. Colleges are just going to think I’m a stupid Asian with developmental issues or something.</p>
<p>I always say 'I’m applying lots of places, like Mcgill and the local university and some US schools." When people say which US schools, I say “maybe an Ivy, Caltech, URochester”</p>
<p>Most people don’t know about Caltech or URochester so they stop there. </p>
<p>Maybe it’s cuz we’re Canadian but people aren’t really pushy here unless they know me well.</p>
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<p>Can I have a link? I’ve heard this a lot, and I’d like to understand why.</p>
<p>Most people at my school think I’m an idiot, and then one of my friends usually says “he got a 36 on his ACT.”</p>
<p>@Repede, LOL, I can just imagine the look on their faces after a friend oh-so-casually mentions your perfect score on the ACTs.</p>
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<p>[Sally</a> Kohn: Affirmative Action Helps White Women More Than Others | TIME.com](<a href=“http://ideas.time.com/2013/06/17/affirmative-action-has-helped-white-women-more-than-anyone/]Sally”>Sally Kohn: Affirmative Action Helps White Women More Than Others | TIME.com)</p>
<p>Don’t really have any strong views on AA right now, but I don’t like when people think that the only reason black people get into good colleges is because of it. I’ve certainly worked hard in my high school career, and I don’t want any ignorant people in my town saying that I only got into “so-and-so college” because of that. That’s the only reason I’d probably quote this (if someone goes all “AA” on me).</p>