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Maintaining a Healthy Perspective

•  Posted by Sarah Ziegler on December 15th, 2008 in Admissions, Articles of Interest
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Many students who have applied Early Decision or Early Action to colleges will be receiving (or have just received) their first piece of college news. For some students, this is a time of celebration, some a time of uncertainty, and some, a time of disappointment. As the decisions come in, it’s important for students and parents to keep in mind that a denial of admission isn’t a personal rejection; it doesn’t mean that a student did something wrong, nor that his/her efforts to succeed both academically and personally aren’t good enough. The truth of the matter is that in selective college admissions, especially at schools admitting less than 25% of their overall applicant pool, there are just too many qualified applicants.

The Wall Street Journal recently published six stories of college acceptances from the class of 2008, which share important lessons students learned in maintaining a healthy perspective when it comes to the college process.

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