<p>I’ve been a member of CC for a while, and I feel like I spend a lot of time here (my kids say too much :)) But darn – I still sit in the ‘Junior Member’ section with my measly 80-something posts! What’s it take to be a College Confidential top poster, like with thousands of posts? Would I be able to hold a job? Could I parent my kids? Would I maintain normal hygeine? Would my plants die? I am left wondering how some of you folks do it.</p>
<p>So just for fun, I did a little math (feel free to correct it!). I figured out just what it takes to rack up posts in the thousands. I calculated the number of posts-per-day that some members have by:</p>
<p>posts per day = number of days of membership (number of months since start date*30, 30 being low average of number of days per month) </p>
<p>Number of posts of member / Number of posts per day
4,677 / 4.27
6,770 / 6.18
7,539 / 6.88
5,484 / 5.00
9,071 / 8.28
4,512 / 4.12
6,449 / 7.16
9,196 / 8.39
3,290 / 4.56
360 / 4.41</p>
<p>So, on average, I would need to post 5.9 times every day to achieve College Confidential greatness.</p>
<p>And somehow, broken down like that, it seems achievable. It seems, in fact, one can have a normal life outside cc and still rack up thousands of points.</p>
<p>Gosh, I feel better already. And look, this is number 87 for me!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, it’s quite easy to become a senior member. I was so anxious and panicked during the admissions process, it seemed like I had a few new questions every day. Now it’s a hobby, I guess. I do manage to keep the household going, but I don’t have a normal job. I’ve met 2 parents and 2 students fromm CC in real life and it’s always been a really nice experience.</p>
<p>I think if you post only in the cafe, it would be the equivalent of being in diet heaven, where you can eat everything and anything you want while never gaining an ounce because the cafe posts do not add to your count, so you won’t get any closer to junior/senior member status.</p>
<p>the key is doing more chatting in other neighborhoods.</p>
<p>If you really want to wrack up posts, and you have an urging to be helpful, you can always try to venture into the College Admissions or Chances forums. They’re scary places, though. </p>
<p>I post in the parents’ forums (I’m a student, but I find them much more sane than a lot of CC) and the forum for my current university. I go on for a couple of minutes many times a day; sometimes I post, sometimes I don’t. Since I’m a college student, I’m always on the computer to check my email, facebook, and whatever else. Now I just add checking CC to the list. The key is working CC into your daily life and activities. ;)</p>
<p>A compulsion to give advice–not just any advice, either, but your advice, even if someone’s already said or will say the same thing–is very helpful, too. </p>
<p>I work more than full time in the summers and still have plenty of time for CC. As I said, the trick is working CC into what you do already. You do that, and you develop a need to be needed, and the post count will keep on rising. We’ll be rooting for you. :)</p>
<p>Sometimes it just takes longevity!!! Hmmm… I started here, back in the old format days, when DD was a junior in high school…continued through DS’s college search - well, that’s over 5 years. DD will graduate the end of this year. Think of it as a long, slow haul to that magic status as “senior” member. ;)</p>
<p>Sorry, not possible. You would pretty much have to spend all your time sitting in front of your computer, typing. Personal hygiene, relationships, job etc would all suffer.</p>
<p>You could be satified with “Member” status. It only takes 300 posts to be a Member, and people won’t wonder about your sanity or the health of your plants.</p>
<p>Maybe I’ll have a chance at star status! I started this year when my DS
was only a sophomore and was so fed up with highschool, that he applied
to colleges! (He settled for dual-enrollment and mom’s cooking in the end.)</p>
<p>And the younger DS just turned 11, so I could be here for awhile. However,
I like the Parent’s Cafe the best, so maybe my post count won’t grow so much.</p>
<p>2004 officially and around 2002 unofficially, (reading, lurking, but not joining). I am still “new.” Granted, I still read and lurk more than I post, but I am waiting on my son to get into high school, lol. I better at least be a junior by then!!! ;)</p>
<p>Because they almost always have nothing to do with college admissions, and college admissions is the reason CC exists. So Cafe posts are basically beside the point.</p>
<p>Ohhhhhhh, so no wonder I am still “new.” I do most of my posting here. Side note: I remember the old boards. I liked them, and it took me a bit to get used to the new format.</p>
<p>Scipio - I beg to disagree. College admissions is the reason everyone shows up here. The people we meet is why we stay. In fact, one could argue, anthropologically, that the Cafe is the real society of the place.</p>
<p>But I am glad posts in the Cafe don’t count. If they did the true extent of my involvement would be laid out for all to see:p</p>