{"id":18004,"date":"2022-02-28T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T15:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=18004"},"modified":"2022-02-28T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T21:40:05","slug":"im-a-senior-waiting-for-grad-school-applications-to-come-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/02\/28\/im-a-senior-waiting-for-grad-school-applications-to-come-out\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a senior waiting for grad school applications to come out&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aw022822-3b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aw022822-3b.jpg\" alt=\"Dear Wall, I'm a senior waiting for grad school applications to come out. I'm super anxious. I've been working so hard for this, and I know it's gonna be heartbreaking if I cannot get in... don't know what to do now. Gosh, am I good enough?\" class=\"wp-image-17992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aw022822-3b.jpg 358w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aw022822-3b-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dear Wall, I&#8217;m a senior waiting for grad school applications to come out. I&#8217;m super anxious. I&#8217;ve been working so hard for this, and I know it&#8217;s gonna be heartbreaking if I cannot get in&#8230;  don&#8217;t know what to do now. Gosh, am I good enough?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is totally normal to be nervous and I wish you all the best luck. But let me encourage you to keep two things in mind. 1) there are lots of reasons why you might not be a match for a particular program that have nothing to do with you. 2) You are good enough because you are you. As a friend says occasionally: you are not your job, or your credentials. You are good enough because you are a person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is totally normal to be nervous and I wish you all the best luck. But let me encourage you to keep two things in mind. 1) there are lots of reasons why you might not be a match for a particular program that have nothing to do with you. 2) You are good enough &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/02\/28\/im-a-senior-waiting-for-grad-school-applications-to-come-out\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m a senior waiting for grad school applications to come out&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18021,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18004\/revisions\/18021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}