Post Rejection/Decision Day Depression?

usma87
Thu, 02 May 2019 16:33:44 +0000

My twins are finishing their freshman year also. As a helicopter parent I felt deflated for each of them on different levels.

DS1 was rejected from his #1 USC. I thought for sure he would get accepted there. He was accepted at Notre Dame and has never looked back.

DS2 took a shot at Harvard and Northwestern. He was rejected by all selective schools (he is a CS major) in spite of NMF status and great stats (blah, blah, blah). I felt bad for him from the perspective that I probably fed the expectation that his stats would get him into at least one of his selective schools. I was wrong. I underestimated the need for a hook or a really strong essay. He is at a ‘safety’ school and doing well (4.2 GPA through 2 semesters).