<p>Member since: September 2006 (had a different name for about 5 months). I was a sophomore. I am now a senior. </p>
<p>What I learned on CC:
-Getting into a top school is everything.
-More kids than I thought don’t understand how well off they really are.
-Getting <1400 on your SATs is something to cry about.
-Self-studying is a good thing (hey! something good).
-Teens with an above-average intelligence believe that they know everything and refuse to take advice, even when they ask for it. </p>
<p>What I’ve learned recently now that I rarely go on CC (other than my future college’s section):
-There are excellent schools out there that are even <em>gasp</em> better than name-brand colleges.
-Getting into a “top” school is not make or break. It’s what you DO with wherever you go.
-Getting the mid-high 20s on the ACT is actually good! It’s well above average. </p>
<p>Well I think that’s it for now. </p>
<p>PS: Don’t get me wrong. I love CC. It’s just that I think there are very arrogant, but intelligent students on here who are sheltered from the world and think only in a one-dimensional way about life. It’s bothersome and I believe they are in for a shock when they are released into the big, bad world. The kids I’m talking about are the ones who cry when they only get a 34 or when they get an A- rather than an A, or those who assume that they are going to an Ivy, when they’re sophomores! </p>
<p>But I love the rest of you! (That sounds creepy).</p>