A sudden sense of awakening. Reading throughout the essay of a non-ps major makes me want to push myself even harder. I do not believe that I cannot reach that standard.

Sometimes, admits all this competition, doubts starts to surface within myself. Have my academic ability dropped so much? Some people could partake in so many school activities, stay up late drinking and partying, and still, their results are among the top ranks of the cohort. Yes, that may be the minority, but there are still a huge number who can perform above the mean. For me, why do I stand lower than that? Have I not put in the necessary effort? Where did I go wrong?

Will competition taper off somewhere? Or, is it an ever-changing constant that was implanted among humans millenniums ago?

Whichever the answer is, the common advice still persists.

SUCK IT UP AND MOVE ON.