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Is it ever enough? Is it ever over? When success is still not enough.
I smiled as I congratulated my friend for matching into her #1 program. Please see my previous article for some context on the match process. My friend explained the delayed disappointment at not being placed in a prestigious or academic program. So much had been accomplished and it still wasn’t enough to snuff out the effects of the comparison game.
So here I was looking at a medical doctor, a future board-certified medical doctor whose excitement and sense of accomplishment were dampened by the social belief that our peers’ success was better than hers just because of where they matched or what they matched. It was the prestige olympics.
Imagine finally getting to the finish line and still feeling inadequate.