<p>Well, I’m sure you’ll do fine wherever you end up 
I was rejected at Stanford when I applied there (as well as a number of other notables), eventually picked up by UF, Rice, and UC Berkeley. Rice was not necessarily THE best college choice I had, but it has a really unique and enjoyable feel, I think. In addition, the financial aid is really rather good, so it’s affordable and is amazingly good given it’s (relatively) high admission rate.</p>