<p>Ever since, I joined CC, I guess I have changed.</p>
<p>Last year, I would find these grades great:</p>
<p>English 9: 96%
Global Honors: 89%
Algebra I: 94%
Earth Science 9: 89%
Health 9: 97%
Gym 9: 97%
French II Regents: 98%
Religion 9: 100%</p>
<p>After joining CC, I guess I think these grades suck.</p>
<p>After joining CC, I keep on yelling myself for being too ‘stupid’ to take more honors classes.</p>
<p>Last year, I would think that these ECs would be decent:</p>
<p>French Club
Spanish Club
Writers’ Guild
Lasallian Youth</p>
<p>Now, I just think they suck, because they have no leadership positions along with them. But then, leadership positions don’t go to the freshman class.</p>
<p>After joining CC, I decided not to join Science club this year, because that would makeme look like an Asian nerd.</p>
<p>* After joining this site, I guess with how I am heading now, I do not think I am going to get into any college, besides community college.*</p>
<p>Should I just abandon my CC account and leave? Should I try not to follow the standards on this site or no?</p>
<p>you need to take this into perspective. CC is a great resource, but it also has the danger of being a magnet for a lot of ridiculously intelligent people and a couple of ■■■■■■ who just like to screw with people’s heads.</p>
<p>have more self-confidence! Take a look at the colleges you want to go to, and the people who have gotten in, in order to develop your own standards of where you need to be! There are plenty of people who will meet the CC standards and get rejected to great colleges. There is NO formula for getting into college. Just do your best and be yourself, and make sure you write some stellar essays when the time comes.</p>
<p>You can just try a bit harder and get those classes up to an A. You saw that thread on grades though, and there were many people doing a lot worse. There are those on CC who don’t post often but are out-of-this-world. There’s one guy who started graduate math classes at Duke his junior year in high school, another guy took Real and Complex Analysis sophomore year (at Stanford I believe). There are a lot of people here who have rich parents, live in the best neighborhoods, and attend the top, top high schools. There are others who don’t have any of that, but also possess an IQ >>145.</p>
<p>I fell into the CC trap and I took a lot of online advanced courses. The course material was not difficult, but I couldn’t learn advanced physics or calculus for the first time online with only a textbook. Now my chances at the schools I want to go to is very low. I can say though that CC has made me try a lot harder.</p>
<p>You just have to find what you can handle and what you like, HYP aren’t magical places compared to the other top 50 schools.</p>
<p>It’s hard to impress people on CC, but you’ll impress a lot of people in the “real world.” I’ve had people gasp at my sub-2000 SAT score and the thought of getting to Calculus III in high school is unheard of! No school within about 50 miles even offers a BC calculus class…or more than 3 or 4 APs.</p>
<p>Yeah. I can post my grades on CC and everyone thinks they suck, but I can post my grades on Yahoo! Answers and people will think they’re great.</p>
<p>My school offers 14 APs and honors classes in 6/8 classes. Though, APs aren’t available to the freshman class, it is really hard for me to think that I am in only one honors class. By the way, is it possible to have that many people with that good stats?</p>
<p>find something you like and enjoy, and do it! Most of all, don’t make your priority beating other people, but challenge yourself. If you constantly get 85% in tests in Global Honours, try and get an 87%. The more confident you are, the more you can achieve and the more confident you will feel. =)</p>
<p>I agree wit 16B2. This site is an amazing resource, don’t throw it away simply because you can’t stand the fact that there are other students with better grades than you do. Use it as a source of motivation and try to funnel that drive into everything you do to become the best that you can be. Elite universities don’t simply look at a students grades nor do they hold presuppositions of an applicant based solely on his race or extracurricular activities, they look at the whole person. Partake in activities that you are genuinely interested in, and not because they’ll look impressive on your resume because doing what you love is truly what it means to be successful. Good luck.</p>
<p>esmee16- You know you are doing just fine! You are too young to be obsessing on CC. Use that energy to explore your interests, and pursue your passions (even if it means science!) </p>
<p>Focus on the day/week/month/semester at hand. If you continue on your current successful path, you’ll be just fine, and have plenty of great college options. </p>
<p>I encourage you to include a physical activity in your ECs- you will build strength, endurance, develop friendships and clear your worries (endorphins!).</p>