proton
March 31, 2009, 3:05pm
102
<p>
innovativeBoxx:
I did, and I sunk into a depression that I still haven’t gotten out of. I knew that the schools I wanted to go to were long shots, I knew that my credentials were not flawless, but having been a top student all my life, I thought I was destined to end up enrolled at a top school. Then the small envelopes came in the mail, one by one, and when the last one came in, that was it, my brain chemistry totally changed. I mean, I understood that the odds of my getting accepted to my first choice schools were low, but at the same time I sort of went through a period of denial after reality knocked on my door. Perhaps I didn’t go through a period of denial as much as I went through a period of mourning during which I thought to myself that perhaps I would have been better off living with the illusion that, perhaps, if I had not applied to those schools, perhaps I wouldn’t have been rejected…
</p>
<p>if you place all of your self worth in academics then of course you the rejection will rattle you to the brink of near death.</p>
<p>but if you are well rounded in other areas of your life like if you are good at other things other than academics then the rejection would not rattle you so hard.</p>