classmate bitterness over acceptances-- have you experienced it?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I was bitter at my best friend – we literally had nearly identical applications (with some variation on essays and such), where I put so much effort into my applications and was rejected from PSM and he was accepted to H and P… I just wanted to get into one of the PSM. What sucked even worse is that based on family structure (he being an only child and me being part of a family of 5), he ended up getting practically a full ride to places, when I could even afford UC Berkeley OOS because of their finaid policies. </p>

<p>Perhaps I’m still a liiiiittle bitter, but I know he did deserve most of it. I just wish I had gotten something comparable :\ But, hey! I’m going to Rice, and without getting rejected from everywhere else, I probably never would have realised how fantastic that school truly is.</p>

202

<p>I don’t know if people at my school were bitter, but I always felt uncomfortable talking to other people about college because I’m the only person going to an “elite” school. I was afraid of appearing conceited or pretentious, even though I am not either of those qualities. It was rather embarrassing/annoying.</p>

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<p>Next year I know this is going to happen to me :stuck_out_tongue: Not even that my friends will get into better schools than me, but that they will get into the schools they want to get into while I get rejected from mine.</p>