2024/02/18 → 14:28 → [[Failure Journal]] → I applied to the Master’s of City Planning program at [[MIT]] and I didn’t get in. → What is a lesson I learned from this experiment / who can benefit from this lesson → Also, [[internalize probabilities]]. →
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I know the odds were low of getting this, but I still had a part of me over-believing in my chance. Not too upset all things considered, but I think that dissonance exists to some degree.

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I think that dissonance comes from some belief that I am able to do something, and feel that I could even be more capable than many who actually are there.

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Perhaps this is over confidence, a chip on my shoulder, or what have you. But it’s an interesting feeling to explore.

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I think this feeling also comes up during job rejections, but I guess you live with that possibility for less time.

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