<p>So I was so excited to get into Yale and Princeton, but a lot of my friends applied and they all got rejected. How do I deal with this? People are spreading nasty rumors about me in school "I called the colleges they applied to and told them not to accept my friends, I don't deserve it, etc." I know they're just jealous and I shouldn't listen, but it really gets to me? Anything I can do??</p>
<p>You can probably take a little pride in the fact that you were one of a very few accepted. Just ignore them. It won’t be long until they are basking in your awesomeness. They’re just jealous,</p>
<p>No, just give them time to lick their wounds. They are in emotional pain, are dealing with the first real rejections, and they all probably thought they deserved acceptances (even if they were unqualified.)</p>
<p>The generation of high self-esteem teens experiences more upset as they have been told for years by family and schools how wonderful they are. </p>
<p>You can console your friends by telling them they really deserved to get in too (if this is true, or if you can say it seriously). You can tell them to go for the Ivies for grad school.</p>
<p>Try not to talk about Y and P at school, save your glee and joy for your family. The envious friends may continue to strike out at you for the rest of the semester. This is the price you pay for success.</p>
<p>By the time you are home next December for winter break, they will have matured and learned to love their own colleges, and will be ready for friendship. For now you will just have to bear their resentment.</p>
<p>Congratulations. Tell your friends that you did no such thing that your grandparents funded a new building on each campus.</p>
<p>Sometimes it is really hard to be happy with someone else’s good news when your news is a disappointment.</p>