Is it just my high school?

kittycatwindow
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:19:08 +0000

It’s every high school! I have an awesome GPA, but decent ECs and an awesome, above-average-but-not-good-enough-for-schools-I-like SAT score (a superscore of 1820–I’m sure you’re all cringing).

My sister thinks I’m a shoo-in for any college. I keep telling her, “Oh, my SAT scores are below average at so-so college,” but somehow she can’t get it through her head. I’ve been stressing out over my essay because it needs to be amazing if I want to make up for my SAT scores, and my sister keeps trying to tell me, “Oh, but colleges aren’t going to deny you because you have an average essay because you still have an awesome GPA and SAT scores.” SHE DOESN’T GET IT!

My friend is like that, too. She’ll tell me, “Don’t worry about getting into any colleges. You’ll be fine.” Then I’ll give her the whole “my stats are below average” spiel, and she’ll just say, “Oh, well I really can’t see anyone denying you.”

NO ONE GETS IT! I mean, I guess the process of holistic, selective admissions is foreign to people who were never really into getting into top schools. Since they can get into average schools with their average stats, they assume that people with amazing stats can get into any amazing school, I guess. You can’t really blame them for it; they just never really needed to learn otherwise.