<p>Unfortunately, some of you are going to be really disappointed today.</p>
<p>Exactly a year ago, I was really disappointed. I had gone through high school without ever having been rejected from anything, ever. I believed that whatever I set my mind to, I could get, no matter what. But this all came crashing down on me on December 15, 2009, when I was deferred from what had been my top choice college since sophomore year. My ego was destroyed, and for the next three months, the rejections just wouldn't stop; I came to question the identity I had so carefully constructed around my achievements. </p>
<p>It got to the point where, on April 1, I was comfortably numb and I didn't even acknowledge the possibility that I could, somehow, get into Yale. Buuuut... I did. I also got into every school I applied to (except Columbia... lol). Even now, as I sit in a library at Yale, cramming for my remaining finals, I can't believe it all worked out in the end. But it did.</p>
<p>Getting deferred, or even rejected, from Yale early does not have any bearing on how you will do with college admissions later in the year. </p>
<p>I wish I had known that back then. Yes, it sucks. I won't deny it. But things have a way of working out, and, no matter what, you will be happy a year from now, on December 15, 2010. You may even have made plans with your friends (who were also deferred) to get drunk on the anniversary of last year's early action decision date...</p>
<p>But seriously, everyone always says the whole "you'll be happy wherever you end up" spiel and no one ever believes them, but it's actually true. Six of my friends and I really wanted to go to Yale. Unfortunately, only one of them got in, but the other five are still really happy at the great schools they now attend instead.</p>
<p>This probably all seems like a load of crap, but you'll realize it's true a few months down the road. Also, PM me if you're sad.</p>