<p>dreams, the point is that the list of colleges you apply to needs to be crafted well. You know now – and I think this is a great thing to know – that you reached at least far enough, something many kids don’t do at all. </p>
<p>There are hundreds of ways to succeed in college. Hundreds of them, thousands of them, actually. Many kids (and/or their parents) define “success” WAY too narrowly. It’s NOT something that happens only at one of these (eight, ten, twelve, twenty) colleges. The world is WAY broader than that!</p>
<p>Be upset for now, but by noon tomorrow or so, start working out your new plan of action. Look into schools that still have openings, update the waitlist school with whatever new information you can provide, and see what else might be out there for you, because I know there’s more than one path for you! (There’s more than one path for everyone!)</p>