Dear Ally, I am in my senior year of high school and getting ready to apply for college. Everyone around me is all freaked out about SATs, GPA’s, and applications right now, it’s a really stressful environment. My group at school consists of lots of beautiful, athletic and intelligent girls, so it’s hard to not compare myself to them. I am not as smart as the rest of my Ivy League friends, and feel a little nervous about the arrival of college acceptance (or denial) letters. I have never done that well in school and am dreading four more years at a University. Everyone is so excited about college and I don’t want to be the loser friend who just starts working immediately after high school. How can I stop feeling so inadequate around my near-perfect friends, and what should I do about this whole college issue?
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