<p>How about a bit of perspective on things?</p>
<p>Do you have a home to sleep in tonight?
Will you be fed a decent meal?
Will you still have family members around you who love you and who think you are great?
Will you be able to go to college next year?
Do you still have great friends to associate with?
Can you afford to go to a doctor if you are sick?</p>
<p>Right now there are 20,000 people a day losing their jobs in this country and close to 200,000 losing their jobs each day around the world.</p>
<p>Many of these people don’t know where they will be sleeping in a week or a month–or even tonight.
Many don’t know if they will have money to feed themselves and their families.
Many have no family or friends to associate with.
Many will never be able to afford to go to any college or send their children to college–regardless of their grades or test scores.
Many have no medical coverage in case of an emergency for themselves or their families.</p>
<p>Look, I’m sorry if this seems a bit harsh–especially since I know you are feeling depressed right now–but getting into UCLA or some other top school wouldn’t have solved all your problems. Some of the people I’m describing above are UCLA graduates;–friends of mine who can’t find any work in this economy and who are desperate to feed their families. I’m guessing the same applies to students who graduated from Ivy-league colleges and even Harvard grads. </p>
<p>Even I, a UCLA MBA graduate with 25 years of experience with multi-billion dollar companies, a CPA, and who made over $250,000 in one year just four years ago is now almost certain to be unemployed in less than a month since my company is likely to go bankrupt due to the lack of consumer spending. </p>
<p>The best thing you can do is make the best of the situation you are in–and not dwell on the past or how life is treating you. Just get tough and move on with your life–(that’s what I’ll be doing)–and realize that getting into a good college doesn’t solve all your problems–so don’t put so much importance on it.</p>