The day of the admission exam arrived and I felt like i had done my best the day the day the results were released I work up at the crack of dawn and logged on to the internet with shaking hands as i scrolled through the names of the people who had made it my heart sunk I hadn’t made it after months of sleepless night and hard work I had had failed I was crestfallen all my life I had one plan and it didn’t work out the way I wanted it to I was at a critical point in my life and I was lost and confused about the future the day that followed were not easy but I managed to move forward with help from friends and fimaly they taught me to believe in myself all over realize that there are other things beyond being a doctor with their support and encouragement I applied for pharmaceutical science and managed to get in it took a long time but I finally made peace with how life has turned out my hopes soared and I stopped viewing myself as a failure many will feel this isn’t the perfect ending I didn’t achieve my dream however I realized not getting into medical school has taught me a valuable lesson to deal with failures I feel a failure is merely a ladder which leads us to the actual success we deserve