This thread IS truly inspirational! I personally am having problems coping with the idea of MIP....let me explain...I come from a lonnnnnnng line of XYZ members and they are having a line in which I have been informally invited...everytime that the subject of MIP comes up I get fearful because it reminds me of the first MIP I attended..socially accepted, grades caused rejection.(I had the overall but not the semester G.P.A. and yes my overall was more than minimum)...I spent too much time on NOT being humble and focus on what was important....At the time I was bitter and angry plus hurt and confused...moreso at myself because I felt that I should have known better... recently I feel "pressured" because of the anticipation that my mom and other family members are EXPECTING me to do this.....Don't get me wrong I want to, it's just that I am nervous...to put it frankly I just fear the rejection....