Let's face it, your competition for the scholarship you need is undoubtedly calmer and more collected then yourself on the day of the interview. Even at lunch, the person in front of you is more likely to be served the larger, fresher portions. And the scary thing is that after five years we're expected to become experts in our field, even if we don't always look the part. No matter how many good deeds are done, how many times you swallow your pride or agree to stay until close, success will usually only equal one achievement which has hidden a lot of mistakes. College life is not one thing after another, it's one thing over and over.
College students are at a time and place in life where virtue itself is ridiculed.
Students rarely encounter questions about morality, temperance or moderation, except those enrolled in philosophy classes, and once even they've found all the answers to life, they realize they can't get a job based solely on their infinite wisdom. Because of routines we follow, we sometimes forget that life is an ongoing adventure. We leave our bed for class or work each morning, acting and even believing that we will reach our destinations with no unusual event startling us out of our set expections. It's somewhat amusing to look at the daily planner of a college student. Sometimes we think that if we don't have our lives planned down to the last detail, that our world will disingrate, and we will lose our place or accidentally forget something.