How I Handled Being Rejected By My First Choice Major
After a rejection email from the communication department, I spent three months in bed, unable to do anything but binge-watch Gilmore Girls...
After a rejection email from the communication department, I spent three months in bed, unable to do anything but binge-watch Gilmore Girls...
Don’t get me wrong: aim high, shoot for the stars, do the exceptional- but be aware of why you’re doing it.
“So, are you going to be a doctor, engineer or lawyer?”
It's great to celebrate a good week, but don't forget to take care of yourself during the bad ones too.
Despite the many societal, environmental and cultural issues most African-American women encounter as young adolescents, the ideas of...
So I had my first job interview the other day. All I can say is… yikes. Well, it really wasn’t all that bad, but there was definitely a...
A glimpse into my life as I doubt my ability to write.
No one loves to fail. However, fearing failure can be more detrimental than failing itself.
Being perfect is unrealistic, unattainable and unsatisfying. And yet, we still try.
In the wise words of Hannah Montana, “Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those days.” She’s right, we all do! I’m not going to sit...
In our highly-competitive culture, it can feel like you’re constantly failing. You may have failed a quiz. You may have gotten rejected...
In life, failure can be the new name we didn’t know we adopted. There is no such thing as getting it right every time, getting that job...
Why your so-called “failures” should never cloud your success.
It's a nerve-wracking time.
In my second year at university, I struggled to get involved and become an executive member of an association. In Concordia University,...
Rejection is tough, but here's how I overcame it .
When you begin college for the first time, a number of emotions will circulate through your mind. People will tell you about all the great...
There’s always room for error.
It’s everyone’s favorite time of the semester — after the first wave of holiday bliss has passed, and the libraries are filled to the brim with students praying to any deity that will listen. Midterm Season. All I hear around campus at this time is “I’m going to fail.”Even I am drawn into the madness that the fear of failure brings. I found myself lying in my dorm room shaking from fear — the fear that I was going to amount to nothing.
Failure is a reminder to get back up and try again!