<p>I was feeling rather down on my luck yesterday when I got rejected to 6 schools in 20 minutes..... this included my former top choice of Yale</p>
<p>but, today, I feel much better because I have gotten over the initial shock and the "why were they accepted and I wasnt? , what could I have done better?" questions that started popping up. </p>
<p>THe rejection letter from Brown was correct in saying that my rejection to that school is just as much a loss to brown as it was a dissappointment to me. </p>
<p>I also started getting really interested into the school that I will probable be going to (Duke) unless of course by some miracle I get in to Princeton or Stanford.</p>
<p>I started perusing the duke website and found that it is a great place to be. Sure, it wasnt what I was initially looking for when I originally started my college search ... but, the college admissions game works in strange ways.</p>
<p>of course it has been said over and over that college is what you make of it. I heartily believe in that. my college profs at a cc were leaders in their fields(one was a caltech grad). I think that college is about building a network of people that know you well and you are able to learn from. This includes people all the way from roommates to RAs to college profs.</p>
<p>Today, I am feeling rather cathartically happy now. I have purged those doubts away and have started looking forward to the future. I highly suggest that all the other applicants who have not gotten into their top choice do the same. Look forward to the college you are accepted to and start thinking about the wonderful college experience that is sure to follow.</p>
<p>Be sure to start making those connections the first day on campus!</p>
<p>I have resolved to not go quietly into the night! Besides, being from a southern school may actually help me as a politician because I wont be able to be labeled a northeast liberal Ironically enough LBJ(my domestic policy idol) was a texan!</p>