<p>I've gotten accepted to every school I applied to, so far, but I have a feeling that might change today and Sunday, when UC Berkeley, USC, and Stanford freshmen decisions come out. Rejection is a part of life, and mostly everyone faces it in the frightening thing we call college admissions. I know that it is bound to happen, and the only thing preventing anyone from getting into their top choice college is the space available at the institution. The question here is: How do you cope with a college rejection letter? Below, provide some ways that help you feel better and get your mind of rejection. Thanks! I look forward to discussing this topic with you all :)</p>
<p>Some ways to cope -
- Be thankful for the choices you have
- Get excited that you finally know what college you are going to, go to that college website, start planning the admit day trip (hopefully one started to do that already)
- Be thankful for the good in your life - family, friends, health
- Realize college is not Everything.
- Go see a movie.
- Plan a holiday with your family/friends over summer
- Rejoice the last months of school
- Know that years from now, NO ONE will care about your COLLEGE NAME.</p>
<p>Honestly, the best thing is get excited for the choices you have today and focus on what you have, rather than what you don’t. (Be thankful you can now be the top instead of GPA deflated/super competitive colleges ;))</p>
<p>^^The above suggestions are far more healthy than what I’ve been doing. Like you, I haven’t been rejected yet, and I have a strong (lol, and by strong I mean Herculean) feeling that’ll change today with Duke. I’ve just been telling myself for months that I don’t want to go there anyway and I won’t care if I get rejected. If you really want to avoid any sort of pain and disappointment, get yourself really mad and bitter before even knowing the decision. 
Effective, but, like I said, super unhealthy.</p>
<p>Find out cool things about the schools you get accepted into! So many schools have heaps of cool traditions, alumni, classes and the campuses are usually really pretty. And go bake a cake or something.
This is all what I’ve been doing with my friend (I’m class of 2013) post-Oxbridge decisions!</p>
<p>I saw this really cool video on youtube where a kid got together all of his rejection letters and one by one put them into a trashcan fire.
It seemed very soothing.</p>