Having worked for a couple years in admissions at an Ivy League university, students who are “crushed” by rejection are often those being pressured by their parents to apply or who have lived lives where they have never encountered rejection. While it may sound harsh, rejection is part of life. They will face it frequently in life. Saying you are crushed after being rejected by an Ivy is like saying that life isn’t worth living if you don’t work for JPMorgan or McKinsey. I say, “get real”.