I'm concerned to hear from people that adcom is interested only in what I am doing right now rather than what I have accomplished in the past. I struggled hard to achieve a gold medal in the national games when I was 14. Do these achievements lose value with age?

Some people even suggested to make just a passing mention of my medal in the essays. But the journey was incredibly tough and my values come from that journey.

just be yourself!

what you've done is the same important to what you're doing.

don't care what people said.