100 Tips for getting over an ivy/top college rejection.

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I thought instead of chance threads and stuff, we could have a thread for those who've already been rejected.</p>

<p>Maybe we can make this one massive thread so if somebody is feeling down they can just read these tips. </p>

<p>I'll start off and the others can add. Then we can make one giant thread.</p>

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<li><p>If you got rejected because you slacked off or something, just remember that the real prize is changing yourself. If you can accomplish this that will be a reward even sweeter than an acceptance into a top school.</p></li>
<li><p>Think about other things in life, like nature and stuff. Think about the things that make you feel good inside.</p></li>
<li><p>Focus on what you want to do in life and put all your effort into making a goal to reach it.</p></li>
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<li>Drink your sorrows away.</li>
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<li>Punch the wall.</li>
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<li><p>Understand that you don’t need to attend an Ivy to learn a lot and have the time of your life.</p></li>
<li><p>You chose to apply to every school on your list. Even if you can’t attend your first choice, you still got accepted to colleges you like!</p></li>
<li><p>Keep an open, optimistic mind. The happier you are going into it, the better off you’ll be. If you go into it bitter and looking for flaws, you’ll find them.</p></li>
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<li>eat lots of candy</li>
<li>run a lot</li>
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<p>11) how about saying OK I did not make it. Forget it!</p>

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<li>Tom and Jerry’s Chunky Money Ice Cream. :P</li>
<li>Listen to The Beatles.</li>
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<li>You might not be able to drink with the Ivy League Frats… but at least you can still drink like a Dartmouth Student</li>
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<li>Look up the crime stats for the school you were looking at.</li>
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<p>Tom and Jerry’s … Chunky Money…</p>

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<p>I meant Monkey. :P</p>

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<p>Did you also mean “Ben & Jerry’s”?</p>

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<p>I’m watching Tom and Jerry. <em>head slam</em></p>

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<p>Go to the gym and burn off your anger before you hurt something.</p>

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<p>I don’t think a rejection from an Ivy or top 10 is grounds for being upset. These schools admit students so arbitrarily, that it’s almost impossible to take a rejection to heart.</p>

<p>What you should have is “100 tips for getting over a state university rejection” because that’s what really hurts - a rejection from your safety.</p>

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<p>You spelled Pac-10 wrong.</p>

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<li>Go the admissions office of that school and start a confrontation!</li>
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<li>Get over how “great” you think you are and realize that other people were chosen over you for a reason.</li>
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<p><<I don’t think a rejection from an Ivy or top 10 is grounds for being upset. These schools admit students so arbitrarily, that it’s almost impossible to take a rejection to heart.</p>

<p>What you should have is “100 tips for getting over a state university rejection” because that’s what really hurts - a rejection from your safety. >></p>

<p>I disagree. Just because you are likely to get rejected, doesn’t mean it won’t still hurt. What if you absolutely fell in love with a top 10 school? Not for the name or anything, but because it offered you everything you wanted? Had unique programs that were perfect for you? Of course it isn’t the end of the world, but it still hurts. I rarely see people having their safety as their first choice, so while getting rejected from a safety would be a bruise to the ego, it doesn’t hold the same heartbreak as losing your dream school.</p>

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<li>Just Remember that a college education is the same no matter if you attended an ivy league school or not.</li>
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