<p>Okay, JoeLiu123, call it a lie. You lied. You have probably lied before. Just because this lie involves Harvard doesn’t make it a bigger deal than any other lie you have ever told. People ask where you got in? You answer the question. What about Harvard? “No,” you say, “I didn’t get in there.” THAT’S IT. I can understand that you’re embarrassed, but I think you’ll look back in a few months (heck, in a few weeks or days if you just let it go) and find that this was a tempest in a teapot. I find it hard to believe this is the biggest challenge you’ve ever faced in your life, but I know with virtually absolute certainty that it isn’t the biggest challenge you will face. I also bet that if you look around at the people you care about you’ll find that there are people in your life and in your community facing much worse challenges than you are. You might find that if you take a moment to help someone who really needs support it will do wonders to refocus your mind.</p>