<p>Here’s a list of signs you have been on CC too much:</p>
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<li>Once in undergrad, you think of transferring just so that you can graduate from the most prestigious college you can afford</li>
<li>You have signed up for many colleges’ email newsletters just so that you can demonstrate interest towards the colleges in question)</li>
<li>You grub for grades incessantly in AP/dual-enrollment courses (provided your high school offers them in the first place)</li>
<li>In the event your high school doesn’t offer either AP or dual-enrollment course, you want to transfer to a school that does just so that you can take them, regardless of whether you can actually succeed in them, or even if the offerings are of interest to you</li>
<li>You sign up for, and try to get a leadership position in, an extracurricular you’d otherwise never care or hear about only because it looks impressive on an undergraduate application</li>
<li>You think your life is screwed over if you don’t make a major achievement in high school (and subsequently get into, and graduate from, an Ivy League college)</li>
<li>If you don’t think your life is screwed over if you don’t graduate from an Ivy League school, though, you’d still think Ivies are the best eight schools worth attending</li>
<li>You shrug off an otherwise pleasurable activity because it doesn’t help strengthen an undergraduate application</li>
<li>You think a 2200 on the SAT (or a 33 on the ACT) is worth retaking from</li>
<li>You think other high schoolers are worth getting chances from</li>
<li>You endlessly debate every single aspect of undergraduate admissions, life or outcomes with your friends</li>
<li>If you don’t get into your dream school for undergrad, you plan your undergraduate stay around getting into that school either as a transfer student or as a graduate student (provided your undergraduate dream school actually has a graduate program in the field of your choice)</li>
<li>You think of a college visit solely (or primarily) in terms of whether it will help you get into the college you visited</li>
<li>You are nervous about putting a school as a safety because you fear you will suffer from Tufts Syndrome</li>
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<p>If you can think of others, please list them here. Please apologize if this thread has been done before.</p>
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<li>You care more about college admissions than college itself.</li>
<li>You took both the ACT and the SAT, probably multiple times. </li>
<li>You know all your past standardized test scores off the top of your head, including the subsection scores. (I thought everyone did this until I asked my friend what he got on the SAT and he had to look it up.)</li>
<li>You think it’s normal for high school students to do internships and research with professors. </li>
<li> You call your children DD and DS.</li>
<li>You wish something bad would happen to you so you’d have something to write your essays about. </li>
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<li>You think of ways to get more out of financial aid than you can legitimately qualify for</li>
<li>You think other high schoolers are worth getting your college essays reviewed by</li>
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<li>You have been stressed about getting into an Ivy since freshmen or sophomore year</li>
<li>You know more about the colleges you want to attend in comparison to your Guidance Counselor</li>
<li>You research summer programs online in the fall, so you can apply next summer</li>
<li>You compare yourself to every single chance thread and post on CC</li>
<li>You take a ridiculous amount of AP/IB classes (just to take them)</li>
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<li>You juggle intense course-load, several extra curricular activities, and multiple leadership positions.</li>
<li>You often have to argue with your parents about your classes because they think you’re taking more than you can handle. (This can’t just be me.)</li>
<li>The nearby university that your parents want you to go to is, in your mind, only a backup.</li>
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<li>You constantly have to explain what a match school and a reach school are</li>
<li>You know the freshman profile of three classes before you </li>
<li>Already know how to deal with various types of roommates before you even have a roommate.</li>
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<li>You try to determine how many hooks you have in your application. </li>
<li>Any school with rolling admission is a safety</li>
<li>You have the top 20 USWN university rankings memorized</li>
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<li> You know the answer to “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” </li>
<li> You rely more on fellow CC’ers than you do a guidance/college counselor</li>
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