<p>To Ann (and others who feel horribly bruised right now):</p>
<p>I'm so sorry; it's heartbreaking to see brilliant, hard-working kids like you in such pain. I know that you've heard all this before, but you are absolutely not a failure: As the author of A is for Admission said in another thread, Yale is notoriously difficult even for "perfect" candidates. Do NOT even think for a moment that all your accomplishments are worthless. that is NOT true!!!</p>
<p>I can't thank you enough for the sympathetic post. It is so very special to hear from someone who has undergone the exact same thing, who has undergone the trauma and who can truly feel the pain. I compare looking at the rejection letter to a blow to the solar plexus--swift, hard, and debilitating---BUT, and this is an important but, ONLY temporary. Logan, like you, had friends who believed in him and consequently, he believed in himself and in his ability to "beat the odds". But guess what? They STILL believe in him and they have shown him unparalled kindness in the wake of this rejection. That has been the single biggest factor in his quick emotional recovery. </p>
<p>The letter did have a surreal quality to it, as I have said, a very unceremonious ending to what had been a grueling process which inspired the gamut of emotions--hope, despair, wishful thinking, despondency, and almost the sheer wish to believe in magic.</p>
<p>Please take heart...you sound like an amazing girl, with a heart to match your considerable other talents. You WILL excel at whatever you desire to do with your life. I just KNOW it! Thanks so much for taking the time to post. I know it couldn't have been easy to relive those feelilngs yet again. fondly, ~berurah</p>