Opinion
It's not always easy to make lemonade when life keeps giving you lemons
Hannah Massyn on overcoming failure
11 April 2021 - 00:00
'The Department has reviewed your application and judged it not to be competitive with other applicants. Therefore, it is not possible to offer you admission." I blink. It has all the delicacy and emotional padding of a Ben Shapiro tweet. Judged your application not to be competitive … Well, I think, that just about says it all...
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