sheepie

Since it is a venting thread and I so desperately need to vent right now... Most of my decisions have come for me and while initially was happy (at the same time wishing to get into more ambitious places I applied to) with my acceptances, now I feel that I shouldn't have been too happy. I am an international, and I think it is not worth moving to another country thousands of miles away just for some mediocre universities. To be honest, I would've been pretty satisfied with two of my acceptances but people I know, my family is not too familiar with my area and how difficult it is to get anywhere decent in my area. So they think maybe I shouldn't move another at all. And all of this just makes me feel so bad. I mean I know I did my best and people in my area, at my university know that they are pretty decent places to get into but hearing otherwise from the people I am close to just feels like all of this doesn't mean shit. They think if it is a well known place, like Harvard, Cambridge, MIT, Stanford or any other fancy place then it's worth going to else just stay in my own country and continue there. Too bad, I didn't apply anywhere in my own country and it doesn't have that many opportunities anyway. :(