Bronfman’s loss for not taking you. I do think it was telling that Bronfman didnt require 11th grade grades or standardized testing unlike other free comp. programs including tikvah. If you look at their past cohorts they seem to always have a bunch of teens from NY where bronfman is located so i am guessing there might be connections with some kids picked and bronfman. they also seemed to want a diverse cohort including geographic, religious, having a parent born in a different country, etc. so if you look at their past cohorts besides kids from NY they seem to pick kids from different states(and different countries-one teen was living in Japan) as well as trying to get equal mix of reform,conservative,and orthodox. I am sure all their cohorts are amazing kids but that doesnt mean equally amazing kids didnt get into their program because they somehow were not diverse enough, or had to many kids in the same state, etc.
as far as “getting over rejection” i think its hard but its good to see before the college application process. Outstanding kids will get some rejections that make no sense and than you will see many kids get into elite colleges because of diversity, legacy, recruitable athletes, etc with far less stats than other kids. Fair-No but its just life.