LA Times on Getting Rejected from Your #1 School (mentions CC)

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<p>[College</a> rejection isn’t the end of the world - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-second14apr14,0,6946764.story]College”>For applicants, second-best college can be first-rate)</p>

<p>Excerpt:</p>

<p>"But today’s high school seniors who received envelopes thick and thin this spring from the likes of Harvard, UC Berkeley and USC can learn a thing or two from their brothers and sisters in rejection. </p>

<p>Their worlds did not crumble, and their lives largely worked themselves out – many grudgingly attended their second choices and surprised themselves by falling in love with campuses they once sneered at. Some immediately began plotting transfers to their first-choice school, and others, such as Meena Madan of Long Beach, decided to work hard for four years in hopes of attending their top choice for grad school.</p>

<p>Madan was obsessed with UC Berkeley because of its stand-out programs in geology and paleobiology. When she was rejected last spring, Madan was happy for one small solace – she found out while she was alone."</p>

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<p>Speaking of the LA Times…I wonder how the admissions season went for the daughter of an LA Times financial columnist?</p>

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<p>Similar thread with more discussion:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/493858-la-times-college-rejection-isn-t-end-world.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/493858-la-times-college-rejection-isn-t-end-world.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;