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Well, I know right off I have a good life. A great one even. This past school year has been awesome, and I worked my ass off. Focused totally
on school, and getting accepted into a good school afterwards. I tried really hard, and got mainly A's, and a few B's. I got all high test scores, except for one, which I got a single point lower than required for a school i wanted to get into. I figured that my other grades would more than make up for it.
Time comes for us to find out which schools accepted us, and I find out I didn't get in to my #1 school. I'm hardly affected, and feel okay because I did get accepted into an okay school.
But now, this past few days...I feel like my best wasn't good enough. Plenty of my mates got into the school, who don't exactly seem to work as dilligently. I feel useless.
My problem is, what I'm trying to say is, I feel like I should stop trying. I feel like, my best wasn't good enough, and so, should I continue to work hard? My best was turned down, and now, I have lost an awesome opportunity, even after working so hard. WHY? Why should I continue school with a positive work ethic, just to be turned down in the end for a single point.
I'm sorry if it sounds ridiculous, but it just makes me feel like I should just quit, and it makes me feel so angry. Any advice would be nice.
"I worked really hard but didnt get into a school so now I'm too tired and will quit."
yikes. pathetic or what.
now listen here. I am not here to insult you or anything, you've done that to yourself. Look at your post, read it to yourself. It's pathetic.
God.
Life is filled wioth tests and trials and problems and stuff, you do your best and reap the rewards. the reward here was you got into a good school. sure, not the main one you want, but a good school nonetheless.
I'm sure you did far better than others. <.<
Listen. you seem like a great guy. But you cant quit.
If you try your hardest, you will prevail. and if you don't, and you die with a crap income and shit like that despite never giving up and shit...then you will at least be able to look back and feel no regret. that you did your best and that was that.
because thats all there is to life. living with no regret. live a life that you can be proud of.
now ask yourself.
is trying your hardest for a single year and then quitting when things dont go your way something to be proud of?
Cirrax Lankart has a good point. Don't quit, don't give up now. You've come so far just to throw it all away now? If so, then what was the point of working in the first place?
Look, people are going to get into different places whetther we like it or not because life isn't a slice of pie. Also, what's so great about this #1 school you wanted? I'm pretty sure that no school is perfect, every one has it's pros and cons. So what if your friends got into the school you wanted? You got into an okay school, you work hard, and you're gonna go far. Is that not good enough?
Sorry to hear that you weren't accepted to your number one school, you speak on terms of how you wanted to do your best to get into the school, then you miss it by a little.
Resorting to blaming yourself isn't going to help the issues, the only way you would truly be not trying your hardest is by giving up, that's not going to get you anywhere, then you jeopardize everything you've basically worked for.
If you feel the need to be more successful, then that's what you're going to have to do, is just try harder. Your success is based on the expectations you make for yourself, and how successful you want to be.
Willpower describes this situation in terms of what you need to do, which is not give up. I hope things work out for you in the end, just choose to believe in yourself, willpower.
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