Look, Mat, these places can be competitive. Don't get down on youself. You have to keep plugging away. I was never the smartest, never the most special. I did not get into Harvard for college. Not smart enough for them. Whatever. I went on to success because I never, ever, ever quit or gave up. And I am tenacious. Don't stop. Something will turn up for you.

Years later, I got a job at Harvard as a surgeon. So, there you go. Keep after it.

Successful people all share one key quality: they manage to make in to the other side of difficult things without having lost all hope. Call on some tenacity. You can do this. You can totally do this. Put that one on the bank.