“DON’T LIVE IN NEW YORK, AND DON’T BE WHITE. IT WILL RUIN YOU.”
Shut the fuck up, anyone who espouses this sort of belief. (The blog I’ve linked is merely an example of the shit I’ve been seeing today on the internets.) You have every right to be upset/anxious/distressed about not getting into…

THIS.
One of my biggest peeves is people talking about the admissions process as if they have some sort of admissions formula...