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Originally Posted by davidthefat
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Alright, that's fair enough; I must not have completely understood your post. But try not to let yourself get too involved in your "extracurricular" work before completing the work assigned from your school's book. While grades may seem asinine at times, and an unjust representation of your abilities at others, they aren't pointless. Not by a long shot. In my experience, they're more a representation of work ethic than simple test-taking ability. Colleges care about them quite a bit too, partly for that reason, and that was quite a selective list of colleges that you sent your SAT scores to.
If I seem like I'm to be a jerk here, I don't mean to be. But I've been through the applications process for colleges as selective as those, with mixed results. I just want to help you get the best chance of getting into what I know are great schools where you'd be hard-pressed not to succeed, if you have the drive to do so.