I appreciate your insight and time. You could be right. However, this is my perspective: ”It is not that I am entitled or anything. It is just that I don’t have faith in the system. The admission process itself is very subjective. For example, the faculty that interviewed you could have been less picky than the faculty that interviewed me. In terms of maturity, I didn’t party once in college, worked a part-time job, and had been acting as a “professional/grown-up adult” since day 1 of undergrad. As for humbleness, I can’t speak for myself about it as I will be biased. However, I consider myself a traveller in that I don’t get attached to anything in life. If you told me I would die today, I wouldn’t feel anything. I would just pray to the All-Mighty for a good life in the after-life. In terms of not giving up on my dreams, I don’t have any particular dream in life other than living with my family and relatives with peace along with everyone in the world. Obviously, I don’t have that privilege right now. So if I don’t get in, I have to look for another path.