<p>^^^ Underestimation AND Overestimation of your abilities can have significant problems. </p>
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<li><p>Overestimating your abilities can also be a negative thing. If you overestimate your abilities and then don’t reach your goals, you are more likely to become discouraged and lose motivation to work harder in the future. </p></li>
<li><p>Overestimating your abilities may also cause you to become complacent in your classes because you think you are too smart.</p></li>
<li><p>Overestimating your abilities may also result in you taking a much harder course load than you can handle and your gpa will get screwed.</p></li>
<li><p>I could go on, but you should be getting the point by now. </p></li>
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<p>BDM wasn’t saying that you should underestimate yourself, he was just saying that overestimating your abilities can have just as severe consequences as underestimating yourself.</p>