i had a pretty depressing cycle overall, but i did get into one “lower tier” school (that I’m so incredibly grateful for, i genuinely don’t care much about rankings and i know having the A is all that matters in the end) but everytime a friend or mentor from college reached out to ask how the cycle is going and i let them know where i got in, they always seem so disappointed and say that they thought I would’ve done better :( even though my parents are trying to be supportive, i can tell that they’re also disappointed and wondering where i went wrong, and i feel like no one I’ve told has just been like excited or happy about it 😭 like i know this is probably so shallow and doesn’t matter in the long term at all, but i feel like I’m letting everyone around me down and not meeting anyone’s expectations of me 🥲