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> Admission is a privilege.

Can someone say this to my friends? They tend to see it as a right.

"Look at all my achievements that I worked so hard for. I must be admitted."

You can say it to them yourself. I feel like one thing I learned as I got a little older is that, even if it's uncomfortable, it's important to tell people when they could do better.

Exactly. If they can't expect to hear hard truths from their friends, who can they expect to hear them from?

Your friends sound like they probably believe that admission is a privilege - it's just that they also believe they deserve and have earned that privilege.

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