I want to try to keep this as short as possible but her I go. I have been friends with this girl for a long time and she is actually who I consider to be my best friend. We will call her Jane. Jane is great except, in my opinion she hasn’t experienced the real word. We’re both the same age and I left home at 18. She’s 25 and still lives with her parents and has never had a job. She is someone who cares a lot about what people think to say in the simplest way. All she writes on FB is about how she wants to go to UCLA. I feel it’s to impress people. At the end of the day Jane has mediocre grades. UCLA has a 17% acceptance rate. We both want to go into the same field. Physician assistant. I could be wrong so please correct me but in her situation I just don’t think she needs to care so much about going to a prestigious school. And if she doesn’t get accepted I don’t want to see her get upset. She has absolutely no intention of “seeking out other options” because she’s determined to go to this particular school. I’m in the process of applying to 10 different schools! How do you only pick one? Any way we were talking about it and I was telling her there’s so many more options and that having a backup plan could really help if shit hits the fan. Maybe she took it as me doubting her but she abruptly just hung up on me. Jane is very smart but I know the world we came from. To be honest maybe I am doubting her. UCLA is a hard school to get into and just having good grades isn’t a guaranteed entree.  What do you guys think ?