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[meorae]

Fucking hell... Rejected from Bowdoin as well. I was able to accept and relatively quickly move on from the other rejections because I didn't really expect to get into MIT, and I had an acceptance to go with the rejection from Amherst yesterday. But this, this one hurts.

And I'm going to stop this post right here, because dwelling on it will just make me depressed and irrational. It doesn't mean anything about me as a person. And if I keep telling myself that, I might begin to believe it...

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[arrowwhiskers.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry--was Bowdoin your top choice? :\ That sucks. *hugs*

College decisions really do hurt. It can really feel like it reflects on you but seriously--3 people that I know of who graduated with me with worse grades and fewer extracurriculars got into Tufts, and I didn't. There's a point where it just isn't about qualifications anymore and seriously just is random. It's just a matter of shit luck. Most of the people I know at Northeastern (well, at least, in the honors program) ended up going there because they were rejected at their top choice schools, and seriously, they're all so, so smart and motivated and dynamic. Where you get into says nothing about you, in the long run.

And if it makes you feel better, I'm really surprised you didn't get into Bowdoin. I think you're perfectly qualified.