once i wanted to be the greatest....

[muzicmann12]

i'm going through a little bit of a life crisis right now. colleges didn't go my way, at all. i'm having a hard time dealing with that fact. i got rejected by nearly every school i really wnated to go to save three where i was i was waitlisted - bowdoin, carleton, and wesleyan, all of which i would absolutely LOVE to go to. so i'm going to be

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[janeausten4life]

Well, I don't really know you (this is Elise, not Kim Chow.im definitely an lj stalker, which is sad cause im in collge) but I can relate to everything you're saying. last year I was rejected by every college I applied to except for 4 (applied to 15). Just like you, I worked really hard in high school and felt like it accounted for nothing. First of all, don't worry about the other suckas who got into the schools of their choice. They should be proud, yes, but they're not you. You don't need to pay any attention to them. All my friends from highschool are brilliant and ended up in great places, and I was in competition with them the whole time when it came to anything academic, particularly when it came to college. You can't compare yourself to anyone else. It will be shoved in your face time and time again, and it hurts. But never compare yourself to them. You know the work you did from highschool. You know that you're just as good as the rest. Don't underestimate the work you did or what you learned by the stupid college application process. I know this sounds preachy, but I went through what you're going through exactly. I would never replace the work I did. Yes, it wouldn't have taken as much hard work to be where I am (in Canada) but I wouldn't ever replace it. Good luck, feel better, and I'm sorry this was long and preachy.

[muzicmann12]

thanks, i appreciate it

i'm both glad and sad that you had the same experience as me. glad that i can comiserate with you, but sad that others had/are going/will have to go through what i'm going through

my only issue is that a lot of the work i did in high school was the sole purpose for getting in to college. i'm very directed as far as what i'm interested in academically, and included with that there are subjects that i honestly do not like. that said, i still took AP US history (don't like us history0, physics (don't like most of science), and countless other courses to "appease" colleges. it's those classes that caused me a lot of the pain i had to go through in high school and that is why this all so painful

i know what you're saying. i know it's true. it's just hard

p.s. i just watched 16 candles for the first time 2 nights ago. i absolutely loved it