It is simply not realistic to believe that we will all get everything that we want or even deserve, no matter how hard we work for it. There are a lot of very talented people in the world who are currently unemployed through no fault of their own. There are a lot more professional athletes and actors and you know that those fields are indeed some of the least attainable. The judges might think that you're just the right applicant. I would not be embarrassed by being denied.
Any monetary help is better than none.
I learned a valuable lesson being a Tammie reject. We belong to a much larger fraternity than they do.