<p>let them complain on a message board, comfort them, it really probably feels bad to get rejected. I don't see why we have to tell them they are whiners (especially considering most of us are admits or current students)
also different people take things differently emotionally, one person may be crushed and view rejection as a judgement on them as a human being. Tell them this is not true. Don't bring up people in africa starving or whatever because that is not their perspective. (i mean obviously you can say... be happy people die due to starvation) but don't say (stop whining people die due to starvation)</p>