I know. It's been a tough road for us but she has always been really competitive. I have been showing her that there is more to life than just school grades and careers. We have gone through a lot together and I feel like slowly she's coming to realize that I'm not her rival and I won't hinder her chances of anything. I feel like i let myself be defined by how I affect others(hopefully positively) and she wants to be defined by her career. We have great times ,though, and a job is definitely not a reason to lose a friend.

I'm glad things worked out for the best, but just remember what you said about a job not being worth the loss of a friend: If you taking a job will make her stop being your friend, than her priorities (as you have already mentioned) are very different than yours. If she is willing to cut you loose in order to stay ahead, you should not act differently with her. Since you're going to be in Europe it probably won't be an issue, but if something like this ever happens again, don't sacrifice yourself for her, since it sounds like she would have taken the job in a heartbeat and left you out to dry in the same situation.