<p>I am being rejected by every single colleges I applied except for UCSD. Shall I give up my life now? (I actually attempted suicide, but failed. I am failing in every single things I do T.T)</p>
<p>Probably several thousand people who would love to get into UCSD, including my son. Don't put down your own accomplishments as it insults those who have failed at the goal.</p>
<p>You have a bright future you just cannot see it yet. God has a plan for your life. I promise.</p>
<p>^ ditto. Your future soulmate is probably waiting for you at UCSD.</p>
<p>its ok biocrat. i got rejected too... i made myself feel better by reminding myself that i worked hard on my applications and there was nothing else i could have done. i couldnt have gotten better grades. i tried to improve my standardized tests. my extra curriculars were awesome, as were my essays and recommendations.. the admissions committee just couldnt see me as a fit for the school. </p>
<p>UCSD is a good school. if you don't like it there, you could always transfer next year. so give it a chance. on the plus side, this stressful year is almost over :)</p>
<p>its ok biocrat
i got rejected by my early actionschool back in december
and i got 5 rejections all in a row all in one day today
that makes up 6 rejections out of 10 schools. i have more rejections pending , which i will find out this week.
can't beat that:p</p>
<p>yea im kind of contemplating suicide too.
but im too chicken to commit it.
and i'd probablyfail at it too.</p>
<p>on one hand i think i deserved it. i was never a bright student cmopared to all the other people in my class/grade.
and plus, if i got in to a good school i'd probblyfail because obviously i cant even succeed with the high school workload. </p>
<p>acutally im just saying bs to make mysefl feel better</p>
<p>ughlkj time to kill myself.</p>
<p>^ don't worry, I've gotten 3 acceptances out of 11 applied, with 4 rejections and 4 waitlists. gak.</p>
<p>ah u stil have waitlists! :P it at least tells you that the college is still interested in you!</p>
<p>while in my case, all my rejections tell me: you f---ing suck dont ever f---ing apply to college agin because you are a useless piece of s----.</p>
<p>I also have no waitlist. Straight rejections T.T
And I just have two more schools which are quite much unlikely to get in</p>
<p>You guys don't commit suicide over not getting into your top choice college. Obviously if you were even thinking of going to Duke you are a very serious and hard-working student. You guys are going to do great no matter where you end up. As long as you work hard wherever you go, future grad/professional schools and jobs will recognize that and it won't hurt you that you didn't get into your absolute first or second choice. </p>
<p>Besides, college admissions are so random sometimes - I got in here but rejected from UVA!</p>
<p>You all need some serious help if you are contemplating suicide. Please consult a psychiatrist.</p>
<p>youll be depressed about your college rejections for what? a few months?</p>
<p>in 5-10 years you wont care at all where you didnt get in, and have a true understanding that its not where you go but what you do (i know this is kind of lame, but its true)</p>
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<p>Speaking from personal experience, it can last as little as a few days.</p>
<p>i guess.
i was *<strong><em>ed off about stanford's for about aweek. then i was ok.and then someone brougt up stanford and i just got *</em></strong>ed all over.
ah i have been on cc way too much todya. i probably posted like 2905 posts (out of the 145 posts lol)</p>
<p>im a bit better now. time to start hw at 1130 PM.</p>
<p>a friend once wrote, "you are the architect of your experiences."</p>
<p>college will be what you make it out to be. the name doesn't matter, at all.</p>
<p>Once upon a time, I was rejected by my top 8 choices for college, much to the surprise of my entire high school. I wrote this recently in a thread, four years after my rejections came through:</p>
<p>"In the rush to be more prestigious - in itself an aimless pursuit - students often masquerade as something that they aren't. And because admissions committees are not perfect human beings, sometimes they are fooled. I knew I was talented; I was hoping to fool an admissions committee into believing that I had a genuine passion and direction in my life. Whether I'm representative or not, the colleges I applied to understood who I was - incomplete, still raw - and made the right decisions.</p>
<p>I'm not saying I was a bad person; I'm saying that my potential was something Duke could work with and Harvard might not have been able to. It was never a question of how academically talented I was: it was a question of what school could really, truly be best for me. I thought it was Harvard. Harvard and Duke both knew better.</p>
<p>Some students out there will be turned down by Harvard because there were, like me, aimless and frustrated, and they will find themselves at institutions devoted to helping young men and women mature. Some students out there will be turned down by Princeton because, frankly, their academic struggles would overwhelm them, and they will find themselves at institutions that can better pace their learning. Some students will successfully fool admissions departments, and some other students will be squeezed out. I don't mean that you shouldn't be frustrated with the imperfections in the process, I mean only to help you understand that it's not a question of qualification but a question of match.</p>
<p>There are truly compassionate, wonderful people out there that Harvard won't have room for, because Harvard believes they can better use their spot on someone else. Sometimes, Harvard will be right. Sometimes, they'll be wrong.</p>
<p>Find a good fit. It isn't about being good enough, it's about being good together."</p>
<p>" I am being rejected by every single colleges I applied except for UCSD. Shall I give up my life now? (I actually attempted suicide, but failed. I am failing in every single things I do T.T"</p>
<p>I know that it's painful to be rejected by colleges. Still, your life is not over nor is it possible for you to have failed at everything you have done. After all, if you had been that global a failure, you would not have even been able to apply to any college, even your local community college.</p>
<p>While it's very normal to be sad and anxious after having college rejections, to attempt suicide and to feel your life is over is such an intense reaction that you appear to be suffering, too, from a major depression. Please get some help for this by seeing a licensed mental health therapist. If you don't know how to find one, ask your family doctor or your guidance counselor.</p>
<p>Please also take the time to search the CC archieves for posts about what happened to students who were rejected by their first choices so had to go to colleges they favored much less. Most posted last fall that they were happy and thriving.</p>
<p>Check out the link below. Someone rated UCSD the 13th best school in the entire world, well ahead of Duke. What does that mean? Nothing, except the other rankings mean nothing also. You are admitted to a fine school that can prepare you to achieve your life's purpose. Congratulations. It is an extraordinary accomplishment, an opportunity afforded to only a tiny percentage of the world's population. </p>
<p>I am hoping and praying that you guys are joking about suicide, but even if you are it isn't funny. I have known too many suicide victims. All they do is leave their problems for the rest of us to straighten out.</p>
<p>Write a list of 5 adults you truly admire. Not necessarily famous people, just adults whom you would like to emulate. Then look up or ask them where they went to college. You will be shocked at the list, even how many didn't go at all. I would be surprised if you saw ANY Ivys on the list. More likely they went to a small school close to home and maybe transferred a couple of time along the way.</p>
<p>And one more thing...</p>
<p>I have hired over 100 people in my career. The absolutely WORST hire I ever made was a Duke grad. I had to fire him before his first year was up. He was an egghead who could not apply what he knew to the real world. My best hire? A University of Georgia grad who never attended class and graduated with a 4.0 She is now CFO of a major real estate company.</p>
<p>Just curious..</p>
<p>T_T biocrat... Me too, sorta. UCSD is the "best" school I've been admitted to so far.
I've gotten into my safeties--UCR (where everyone gets into), UCI, UCDavis, and Occidental--but was seriously rejected everywhere else.</p>
<p>T_T Rejected by 10 so far, and I'm expected 3 more rejections to come over the next few days.</p>
<p>I'm probably going to go to UCSD.</p>
<p>But don't despair. UCSD is still a top school, despite what our parents might say, and after all, this is undergraduate. Throw the "failure" attitude away and AJAH!* Do well in undergrad and go to a good grad! Grad is what really counts!</p>
<p>(AJAH = Korean expression of encouragement)</p>