<p>while i’ll admit her father & i are somewhat relieved, our d was WL at her #1. when she learned her friend had gotten in but was hoping for a certain ivy, my d offered to trade her. boy did my dh’s eyes bug out! LOL!</p>
<p>It is odd to me that people find anger a bad thing…it is not…</p>
<p>No one here ever get angry at someone for getting dumped, the feeling seem to be similar</p>
<p>For the record, my D was mad, and frustrated, and I couldn’t blame her, I was as well</p>
<p>She didn’t give up, she gave up on that sport (which is really a school one), she found something better</p>
<p>Why does is being angry such a bad thing? So long as you channel that anger and energy into something positive, a little venting is good</p>
<p>After Yale rejected my D in the EA round, I didn’t hate it. I still think it’s a wonderful school. But I just didn’t want to think or hear about it anymore - at least not until the RD results came in and erased sting she suffered. But I couldn’t escape it. Until that point I had no idea how incredibly often the news media, books, TV shows, and movies mention Yale, or New Haven, or Connecticut, or the governor of Connecticut, or something else that would remind me.</p>
<p>And like I said, the RD results made it all irrelevant. But I must admit that it has been sweet watching Harvard defeat Yale in football for the 4th and 5th year in a row.</p>
<p>Wow guys…awesome feedback! I never actually thought about selfesteem issues or simply temporarily hating a college as a method of channeling anger. </p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>