<p>I'm a high school senior from VA. I recently got wait-listed from my top choice (UVA). So now I will have to settle for my second choice, William & Mary. It didn't hit me until I found out who got in and who didn't. Now I feel like a failure in life, and as if I let my family down. I know no one who will be attending W&M. I don't even know what I want to do in school anymore. I was thinking about studying economics but I've lost all hope in my life. Academics was the one thing I had going for me, and it seems like I don't even have that. I've never been so depressed in my life. We still have one academic quarter remaining at my school, and I don't know how to get through it. I don't even feel like leaving my room. I'm not even looking forward to college or the future. Can anyone cheer me up and give me reasons to be optimistic about my future.</p>
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<li>W&M is a very good school.</li>
<li>You still might get into UVA.</li>
<li>You could always transfer.</li>
<li>At least you got accepted somewhere.</li>
<li>“Lost all hope”? Geez, did you get cancer or something?</li>
<li>You have food to eat, a roof on your head, money in your pocket, a college to go to. I don’t see why you are depressed.</li>
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<p>^ Sigh, numbers 5 and 6 are just a TAD inconsiderate of you. Sadness is relative. The fact that others are leading more destitute lives doesn’t exactly solve someone’s sadness.</p>
<p>^^ what u just said is very true, and negates horrible logic that a ton of people love to use in situations like this. the “don’t be sad - there’s people starving in africa” BS doesn’t ever cheer anyone up and makes no sense. </p>
<p>sadness IS relative</p>
<p>hmmm… well, i think you should stop thinking of how you’re “disappointing” your family…did they tell you they’re disappointed in you? i would think they’d be disappointed in the school, not you…as for being depressed, i can’t tell you not to be depressed. but think about it this way: you will now attend a good school, you will now have a fresh start w/o anyone prejudging you, you now have an “adventure” if you will the corniness of that b/c you aren’t doing what everyone else is doing. as far as i see it, you’ve got a heck of a lot to be proud of and to be looking forward to…</p>
<p>of course, you could always just sit around and have a staring contest with your ceiling. whatever works for you. just a hint: next time, don’t put the meaning of your life on one something/someone, you will be disappointed. </p>
<p>and trust me, i’ve been through this academic disappointment before and depression due to academic disappointment and its completely pointless…you just waste so much energy and you end up going downhill. all it took for me was an attitude adjustment. </p>
<p>you will be fine.</p>
<p>W&M and UVa are about equally difficult to get into. Unless your major is way better at one of these schools I don’t see why it’s such a big deal.</p>
<p>Lol…</p>
<p>Not that this would console you in any way but my first choice is William and Mary and my second choice is UVA.</p>
<p>You sound stupid, not because you got rejected from college but how you are handling the situation. Don’t act as if you cant major in economics at William and Mary, and how are you letting your family down lolololololo.</p>
<p>well, too for you
but in u intend to pursuit higher degrees (masters/phd/md/dds/etc) the companies look at the school you last graduated from. Some dude who went to san jose state for bs and stanford for masters is still called a stanford graduate</p>
<p>There’s a chance that some accepted applicants may have made UVa as a second-choice or <em>safety</em> university. That way, they will fail to matriculate and, yes, you, and you alone, will be pulled off the wait-list and into your dreams. Just hope and pray.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, I want to get an MFA and an MS</p>
<p><em>confused</em></p>
<p>Are you serious? W&M isn’t ‘easy’ to get into by any means, you should be proud of yourself. Actively pursue the waitlist and if you don’t get in, you can always transfer. And so what if you don’t know anyone going to W&M? College isn’t usually about going to hang out with the same people. It’ll all work out.</p>
<p>Do well wherever you go to college and as for the schools who didn’t accept you? Make 'em sorry.</p>
<p>W&M is a fantastic school. be proud and be excited!</p>