<p>in response to the article, i agree somewhat, but not 100%</p>
<p>A lot of the overconfident kids at my school are not in the top 25% of the class, and overconfidence proliferates among those who are less successful at my school, mostly the the kids ranging from the bottom to above average. These kids think “Oh so i didn’t take 100 AP’s and dont have a 5.00, so what! I should be fine.” The truth is that a lot of these kids barely have above a 3.5 gpa and have never taken a single honors/AP class in their life. They mostly leech from their hardworking middle class parents, and usually end up at the community college. </p>
<p>However, I think that the top students in my class realize what is possible and what isn’t, and are sometimes under confident in their abilities and future success. A lot of them have the notion that if they don’t get into a good college (im not talking about ivies, but colleges with a 40%-60% admission rate), then they’re going to end up working at some fast food joint.</p>
<p>Overall, teens IN GENERAL may be much more overconfident, but most of the teens who are academically successful have realistic expectations.</p>