Here's to the semi-gifted kids.
The ones who got A's and B's in high school, got above average test scores, and took a good number of APs.
Who engaged in a few extracurriculars and volunteering over the years.
Here's to the kids who could look at every one of their classmates and find something that kid was doing better than them.
The kids who couldn't help but die a little inside when they heard about graduating students who got into ivy leagues and schools that needed 1500s on the SAT or GPAs above 4.0.
The kids who had their eyes set on colleges that were out of reach for a few of their classmates, but were safety schools for others.
The kids who would walk out of one class feeling like the smartest kid in the world and walk out of another feeling like the stupidest.
The kids who spent all of high school worrying that they'd never amount to anything, that they were mediocre at best, that they were failures and were just really good at pretending they weren't.
You did good, kid. Trust me, it'll work out.