How to deal with competitive friends

hitherb
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 02:17:38 +0000

Two of my friends have been making me feel bad about the college admissions process. They’re applying early to HYPSM and similar level colleges. My dream school is a UC, and my test scores and GPA are not perfect like theirs. I feel belittled practically day when they every time they talk over me and exclude me about college and other stuff.

In general, some of my friends have been ultra-competitive and secretive about college stuff, and it’s adding to the stress and bitterness of college apps as a whole. Should I try to talk it out with them, or should I just distance myself from them a little until college applications are done with? We were great friends before the school year started and I wish they wouldn’t ‘look down’ upon me because I’m not a NMSF or whatever.