One confession

My biggest fear is that I’ll be deemed incompetent in the real world. I am dreading graduation because I’m not confident that I’ll be able to succeed outside of the academic world. I am comfortable here; I know the way classes work and how to do well in them. But this won’t help me in the future. A high GPA, good memorization and test-taking skills won’t mean shit after college and this scares me. I don’t want to make the mistake of rushing into graduate school or law school just because I’m afraid that I won’t survive in an environment that’s not focused on exams and papers. So there’s my confession. Basically, I am a coward and any mention of the future will induce an extremely ugly panic attack.