caramo

Everybody gets rejected at some point in their life.
Some kinds of rejection you can handle - a set not being accepted by SG for example - you just think to yourself, ah well, I'll do better next time... you get constructive criticism from the members and you move on. The thing about SG is that rejection isn't about saying that YOU are not good enough, but that the work submitted wasn't good enough.

Today I think I experienced the worst kind of rejection possible....
I'd applied to study dissection, and as the course is really over-subscribed, they based acception on the exam results we had gained and an interview into why we wanted to take the course.
No problem - I'd worked really hard for the exam and had passed, and I knew I could ace the interview as I'm passionate about my reasons for wanting to do it....

Today I found out that I had not been selected, and out of curiousity I went to ask why. I was told that I was just not good enough. For what? To cut up dead things? They wouldn't elaborate, but the words have stuck in my head all afternoon - YOU are not good enough.
How is it possible that you can fill all the required criteria and not be good enough?

My self-belief has taken a nose-dive off a high bridge - and got squished by a freight train.