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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
You need to find a way to dial back the worry. Getting into college is not going to be a problem for you, unless you have your heart set on one of the really competitive schools. So that you don't make yourself crazy, you might think of college like joining a sorority. You need to keep an open mind and look at all of your alternatives. There is nothing wrong with attending a state school (I'm doing just fine, thank you), or the many many schools out there that would love to have you for those 4 years that are not Stanford or Yale. If you're freaking yourself out about this already, you might start looking at "normal" schools where you have a reasonable likelihood of getting in. And going to a college just because it's the toughest to get in (much like sororities) is a recipe for disaster and disappointment. Remember, a lot of really amazing and successful people went to college where "anyone" could get in. So quit freaking out about it.
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I'm worried about getting into a state school, even though so far I'm on track to get into one! I don't have an interest in an Ivy or private school, I realized very early that they aren't for me. Like I said earlier, I just have an irrational fear about it. My teachers and parents keep telling me I have no reason to worry, and now you are as well, but I honestly just can't help it. Silly? Yes. Completely unnecessary? Absolutely. Does the fact that I know I'll get into and be happy at a state school make me stop? Nope. I know I'm going to do just fine, but because I worry, I do better. My thinking is, if I am the absolute best I can be at everything I do, I will end up happy somewhere and have the credentials to get to that somewhere. I don't worry about college unless my high school is getting a speech about requirements to get into a college or right around practice tests for the ACT/SAT and also finals/exams. My school kind of puts an elephant on our backs about all of those things. It's supposed to make us more conscious of getting a grade we will be happy with, not one that will let us get by. I really hope that made just a little bit of sense..
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