My daughter got rejected from her first choice. What made it worse was that it was the same college her older brother was attending. She was quite sad for a couple of days. But then she started to get excited about her second choice. In the end, her second choice was, we thought and so did our daughter later, a better choice than her first choice.
I interview applicants for my alma mater. It has a very low acceptance rate, so many of the students I interview won’t get in even though they are great students. What I tell them in the interview is that college is only 4 years while your career will be 40 years. What matters more is what you do in your career rather than where you went to college.
Love the one that loves you!