<p>I'm assuming there has to be several people that got rejected from their "dream school(s)" whether it was a brand-name school or not. </p>
<p>What was your dream school, and how do you feel about the one you currently go to ? </p>
<p>Or if you didn't get rejected, but you know someone that did, how did they respond and did they eventually get over it?</p>
<p>I wanted so badly to go to Brown, but I'm at Boston University.</p>
<p>And you know what? I love it. In fact, I think I'm better off here: I don't feel outclassed by everyone, I have good friends, I have free access to the best gym I've ever seen, and I have so many opportunities within my school, I could transfer to any number of different programs with completely different goals. I don't even think about how much better anywhere else would be; not to say that I don't find faults with BU (it's expensive, Comm Ave is a huge wind tunnel, and there <em>are</em> a lot of people who aren't serious about their studies), but I love where I am so much that I would rather take BU with all its faults than leave my home for somewhere else.</p>
<p>I might have loved Brown too, but at the moment, I don't care. And I don't think I'll ever regret coming here.</p>
<p>(Okay, maybe when I graduate and I see my loans, I might regret it. But that regret will pass!)</p>
<p>I wanted to go to Stanford but I didn't even have a chance so I didn't apply. So far, I feel my school has treated me really well, especially with all the social events they are setting up to help even shy nerds like me make friends. But school doesn't start for two week so I can't give a very thorough response.</p>
<p>My dream school was Princeton, and it was one of the few I didn't get into. I still kinda wish I had gotten in. It probably would have been a better fit for me.</p>
<p>The only school that denied me was my dream school, UChicago. I would've enjoyed the atmosphere, city, and school culture more, but I can't complain about my current school. I'm long over the rejection.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at Dartmouth, but am only "bitter" about it when I hear about a kid I know who was accepted with extremely low stats. I was a little wary about matriculating to my current school, but am content now that I'm here (the full-tuition scholarship, etc. that I received were the biggest incentives from me to come here.) My only major concern now is my roommate-next year, I definitely want to a) pick my own roommate, or b) live by myself. Overall, though, I'm happy with the school I've chosen to attend.</p>
<p>My dream had always been Smith, and I did get accepted there with full aid, but during the year before it was time to head off, I really started to fall in love with MHC because I felt like it was a much better social fit. It seemed warmer to me, the campus seemed a lot more relaxed, the programs and teaching style seemed a lot better suited to me...it just made sense. It was a lot easier to turn down the offer from Smith than I would have ever imagined. I'm really glad I looked beyond my dream rather than becoming so fixated on it, otherwise I never would have ended up having things work out as well as I have. (I'm especially glad having taken classes there now through the Five Colleges - great place, but not my style.) Sometimes your dream just isn't the great fit you think it is.</p>
<p>I fell so much in love with Columbia but unfortunately come December I received an extremely dissapointing (ED) letter. Luckily the shcool I'm in, Syracuse, is amazing in many ways and I'm happy to be at a school that boasts the best communications department in the country.</p>