Post Rejection/Decision Day Depression?

cptofthehouse
Thu, 02 May 2019 17:26:43 +0000

Oh, @momocarly, I’m sorry. Nearly 18 years ago, I cried with a dear friend who had to tell her daughter, her beautiful, hard working, excellent student daughter that she could not go away for college. Between the application process, and the acceptances, they had to face the fact that the girl’s eating disorder was life threatening and that she was no where close to being able to control that beast. It had become clear that it was going to take years of monitoring, counseling, and possible in patient placements to get her to a safe place. And she had no applied to any nearby colleges other than Barnard where she was denied.

It was the right move that probably saved her life. A lot of relapses, some hospitalizations, many difficult times. She left in anger only to return on a stretcher.

She did get her degree locally, and went to Columbia for graduate work and is doing well with a husband and two children along with a career. She well understands her condition and why it would have likely been a death sentence to have gone away to school at age 18. Even now she has to constantly be aware of eating, and not. It may well always be a struggle for her.

So, yes, for some, it’s a particularly painful day.