I think I would feel more anxiety if it was random and I had no control at all. So up until names were chosen, I expect anxiety would go up. Lotto tickets are

I think I would feel more anxiety if it was random and I had no control at all. So up until names were chosen, I expect anxiety would go up. Lotto tickets are low consequence, but college is high consequence. If I had to test the anxiety of two processes for job application where one is merit based and the other is random, I’d choose the merit process because at least I can prepare.