Where were you when you suddenly were the average joe and not the Einstein of your class? Like when did you suddenly not make the right impression and someone else beat you to it?And got a reaction like the pic here.
I think most of us math/science nerds have been through this. It's tough, especially when you're not getting that attention that makes you giggle within.
Or maybe that's just a mild narcissist talking, or you're the modern age's Newton.
Anyway, you know that feel?
Rivalry
Nathan Walker
Chase Edwards
Like day two of university, feels bad man
Isaac Diaz
I know that feel. You get used to it and you realize there's more important stuff.
Jordan Moore
When I was 11 because my grammar school was top of the country in non independent schools.
Levi Ward
I still feel bad about it, but better after I really understood that unless you're a retard, hard work trumps raw intellect.
Camden Bell
I've seen multiple people under 18 with as many or more credits as me and I'm a junior. My school only offered Calc 1 and chemistry for college credit. Some people are going to have x,y,z qualifications,knowledge,etc... so making a direct comparison to others can be a disservice to yourself.
Because of this, I compare myself to where I was and where I want to go.
Michael Reed
I hated the attention before, so I was glad.
Christopher Collins
Yup, that's pretty how I've dealt with it. Realised that geniuses aren't made in school but during your research.
Or at your job.
That works too
Grayson Rivera
About a week after I got out of college and started looking for jobs.
Jace Ross
This so much
When I came into undergrad, I loved chemistry to death but I didn't have any career ambitions at all, because I'm honestly not very smart (I mostly get Bs and Cs in STEM classes) so anything beyond industry chem seemed very out of reach. Then came the day when I found out that you don't have to pay for a science phd in America- THEY pay YOU. And acceptance is astronomically easier if you have some research experience under your belt.
Now, I'm a junior, applying to grad school in the Fall. I have a 2.97 GPA and a little over a year of research experience under my belt. Sure, I'm sure as hell not going to Stanford and I can't compete with the top 10% of my class at all. But I'll find a school, I'll push through, and eventually I'll have my own lab at a university. I really couldn't ask for more.
You don't have to be the best, but you can always be a little better than you were yesterday