http://www.voteprime.com/2003/05/when-i-applied-to-carnegie-mellon.html Okay, this was more funny than motivational, but it did warrant a post-it note on my desk my last semester, with other motivational messages like "FINISH IT", "NO EXCUSES, PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION" and "FIGURE IT OUT" to make sure that I don't flunk anything and cost me a shit ton of money.
Hey, I had to use the post-it notes from Google for something. Stupid bitches not calling me back... (Probably because I distracted by the girl interviewing me who had also done Crossmen in 2003. If you know any girls who are engineers and passionate about the any of the same things I'm passionate about (drum corps, sports, etc...), remember what a good friend I am to you and help me out.)
But fuck Google. I felt pain, I coped with it, and I moved on.