Signs you have been on CC too much

Catria
Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:13:41 +0000

Here’s a list of signs you have been on CC too much:


Once in undergrad, you think of transferring just so that you can graduate from the most prestigious college you can afford
You have signed up for many colleges’ email newsletters just so that you can demonstrate interest towards the colleges in question)
You grub for grades incessantly in AP/dual-enrollment courses (provided your high school offers them in the first place)
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
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
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)
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
You shrug off an otherwise pleasurable activity because it doesn’t help strengthen an undergraduate application
You think a 2200 on the SAT (or a 33 on the ACT) is worth retaking from
You think other high schoolers are worth getting chances from
You endlessly debate every single aspect of undergraduate admissions, life or outcomes with your friends
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)
You think of a college visit solely (or primarily) in terms of whether it will help you get into the college you visited
You are nervous about putting a school as a safety because you fear you will suffer from Tufts Syndrome


If you can think of others, please list them here. Please apologize if this thread has been done before.