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“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want s
by relaunched 10y ago
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” -Prof Randy Pausch
- peller 10y agoYep. Anecdotal but for what it's worth: One of my friends failed to get into med school after graduating. So she worked at her school's hospital doing various things (sorry I can't elaborate further) for 3 years, re-applying and getting rejected each year. But on the 4th year, she got accepted to a quite good school, and has since crushed it.
- singold 10y agoI don't agree with that. walls are there mainly to keep people who doesn't pay... It's the same wrong argument some successful people make that their success is some direct result of hard work, without taking into account things like luck, contacts or a wealthy enough family to be able to take "risks".
- relaunched 10y agoI wasn't strictly referring to Medical School. Life has challenges. Maybe the brick wall is Medical School. Or maybe not getting in will help him/her understand what their path is.