Editing Overachievement (section)

===Colleges and universities===
For college and university students, "there is a fine line between being a high achiever and an overachiever." In the US, "an increasing number of college students are literally making themselves sick in the pursuit of perfection", by setting "self-imposed but unrealistically high standards." According to Dr. Modupe Akin-Deko, senior psychologist at [[Buffalo State College]]'s counseling center, "… maladaptive perfectionists set themselves up for failure by setting impossible standards for themselves, thus lowering their self esteem when they never reach their goals."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maria Pascucci. "In pursuit of perfection-Students who are overachievers may pay a high psychological price". ''The Buffalo News'' |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/in-pursuit-of-perfection-students-who-are-overacheivers-may-pay-a-high-psychological-price/article_c5e10a27-35e6-5cc5-91bc-c8a15a4ef295.html |website=buffalonews.com|date=23 May 2004 }}</ref> Clinical psychologist Marilyn Sorenson, in her book ''Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem'', maintains that people with low self-esteem often find themselves driven to overachieve to build self-worth.<ref name=":3" />