VOA慢速英语:If You Did Not Get into Harvard, Do Not Worry

campus –n. the area and buildings around a university, college, school, etc.

fiction –n. something that is not true

shut up –phrasal verb -  to stop talking, laughing, etc.

decent –adj. adequate or acceptable

rank –v. to place (someone or something) in a particular position among a group of people or things that are being judged according to quality, ability, size, etc.

selective –adj. careful to choose only the best people or things

confidence –n. a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something

ambition –n. a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous

panic –n. a state or feeling of extreme fear that makes someone unable to act or think normally

darn –adj. used as a more polite form of damn

reach –v. to succeed in achieving (something) after making an effort over a period of time