Sad Day on the Princeton forum

kayoshin
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:52:17 +0000

Cookiemom,

Many congragulations to you and son, his admission is well deserved. You have been an amazing source of support to all these kids for the past 2 months.

A netquintance of mine, an international living in the US for 10 years now like us, has made it and I am so very happy for that.

Also I would think that, over 50% of the real regulars, that have posted at least 10-15 times there in the past 2 months, have got in. I am very glad to see that. Every year these elite colleges try to put together a certain distribution of students. What I would tell the deferred/rejected kids with all the wondeful stats and other acheivements is that they might have certainly been a fit another year, only not this year. It is often the same when one applies to senior positions in jobs. A very fine-tuned sense of fitting in is what clinches the opportunity.

But when one wants something so much it is natural to feel rejected, whatever the age. I completely understand the feeling of despondance. But the winners are those that are able to focus on next-steps even while going through these lows. And I am very very certain that all the CC kids here are winners. However low they might be feeling, they will pick themselves up and start doing what they need to do next.