Is it just my high school?

Ach7DD
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:13:27 +0000

Okay… not to come off as arrogant, but is it just me, or do non-CCers in general have absolutely no concept of the difficulty of college work and the competitiveness of the admissions process whatsoever?

So in November, I’ve talked to a kid who applied to MIT, and to my surprise, he did not apply to any safeties, as he was sure he’d get in. Come December 15th, and he got deferred, so he quickly applied to two “safeties,” even though one of them has an acceptance rate of under 30%.

Another girl applied only to UNC, as she was sure she’d get in, despite having sub-par status, and by the time she wakes up to the possible truth, it may end up being too late.

Three other girls, who have stats even lower than the one mentioned above, are also hellbent in attending UNC. And they all believe that if they get in, graduating will be a cakewalk for them because they are all in the top 15% of the class, despite UNC being the most rigorous public school in NC with a student body composed of several valedictorians.

Two other girls from my school are just interested in the party scene, and have no idea on what they will major in, albeit they are not applying to any ultra-selective schools as above.

This may be common on CC, but most people at my school actually think I am sure to get into Harvard, even though my stats pale in comparision to the CC stereotype.

Two other girls here also have the “college will be a breeze” mentality… even though they are graduating barely with honors at my easy public school.

Something else that bothers me is how several college-bound kids here do not want to take AP-courses because they think these courses are too difficult. I mean, these are college introductory-level courses, which are supposed to be the easiest classes they’ll take in college, so it will not get easier than this.

Thoughts? Comments?