A Future of Failure?)

logicx24
Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:21:38 +0000

Humblebrag? A lot of my anxiety started after lurking on this site. People on here have done cancer research, given lectures in India and won international awards. How do I compete with that? Before you know it I’ll be 17 with nothing worthwhile.



Why do you feel the need to compete? Why can’t you just find something you enjoy, and pursue it to the utmost, without comparing your accomplishments to others’? That’s how you become an ideal applicant: by not trying to be.

Now, beyond the cliche advice that I was obligated to repeat, read this article. It’s what I wished I had read back in 9th grade.

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