@aboa123 I really undestand your position since I have experienced the same feeling. I got rejected by my dream school which is in top 40 even though my stats are good, if not excellent. The thought of attending the same school with people who don’t “try as hard” as you do is terrible, I know. My friend got the SAT score 300 scores lower than me, her EC are worse than me, she doesn’t even try as hard as I do…and we end up attending the same college. BUT, don’t feel frustrate about this. Applying for colleges is like a lottery! It depends all on the application pool and sometimes you feel like they are picking applicants literally closing-their-eyes. Keep up your hope! You can try to do best at your new college and then transfer to another. Or you could take a gap year. Have you considered sending appeal letters to your dream schools? There is still hope. Your door to success hasn’t closed het. Get over the pain and move on!