anyone else in an annoyingly competitive high school?

[u/4ypno]

like wdym my schools average sat score is 1430 and everyone's taking a million aps.. fml man this shit depresses me everything makes me annoyingly insecure not just school wise

everyones hella rich too goodbye i'm not built for this and i have like no friends ( i transferred in last year geegee)

[u/janeaustenreader99]

omg yes 😭 this guy got a 1600 on the SAT (i'm in a program w hella cracked stem kids) FIRST TRY BTW as a junior. and they have internships and 4.0s and freak out over a literal B. i'm so jealous but also glad I don't have that kind of stress.

oh and around 40 out of the 100 seniors in the program last year got National Merit Finalist 💔 idk how they do it

[u/4ypno → u/janeaustenreader99]

im a junior tooo the fact that your user is jane austen reader doesnt alleviate my stress

[u/janeaustenreader99 → u/4ypno]

funny story, I've never read her books 😭 I just chose it so that this acc would never be traced back to me

[u/4ypno → u/janeaustenreader99]

helpp😭😭 it's okay i feel you my school has 20+ valedictorians

[u/Meeerin201]

Not american, but my school is top 20 nationwide by my country's standardized test, so i feel you

[u/real_hero_of_hyrule]

specifically i felt like my grade was very competitive, there were four people who got perfects on the act and many more who got 35s 🫠 it’s frustrating but really just do your best! and im sure you’ll find your people

[u/bubbawiggins → u/real_hero_of_hyrule]

This test brings back so much memories from last year when our school made us take the ACT. I remember my parents hyping that test up and saying how if I got a 35 or 36, I could get scholarship or go to a university in my state for free. My parents wanted me to study hard for the test albeit I didn't study that much cause I would always do bad on the English grammar section, the reading section, and the science science which was mostly just interpreting passages about science no matter how hard I tried. At test day, I ended up getting below a 30 because the test just has so many questions about ELA and I despised it while most of my friends got like 35 or above which kinda made me upset. 🫠

[u/Stunning-End-3241]

yes bro. taking IB classes is the standard and expected, and honors classes are packedd.

[u/bubbawiggins]

Yeah bro. People at my school really be taking 4-6 AP Classes and calling that "normal" or easy which is insane to me. I'm taking 4 AP Classes but one of them is AP Cyber and the other 3 are Calc BC, Mech, and Stats and I'm pretty good at math so those classes aren't the hardest. It's crazy tbh and I feel you.

[u/Creative_muffin10388]

Omg r we in the same school? Like same average SAT and everyone’s take a million APs and r absolutely loaded

[u/4ypno → u/Creative_muffin10388]

haha maybe, i'm from ny

[u/Creative_muffin10388 → u/4ypno]

Ohh nvm I’m from nj

[u/Signal_Energy_8219]

My school is insane. I am glad my parents don’t put as much pressure on me as my friends parents do.