You're not going to your first-choice college, but I bet...
…you rocked high school
…you've got the work ethic of a superhero
…you're going to a pretty great college anyway, and
…some day that "big name" school will wish you were its alum!
You might be asking yourself, “What did I do wrong?” Don’t. The decision wasn’t about you. Admission decisions are about the needs of a college, not your qualifications. Even worse, the reasons for your rejection are often beyond your control. This is a hard truth to swallow after four years of doing exactly what everyone said you were supposed to do if you wanted to get into a selective college.
In terms of getting a job and earning income, school status no longer delivers the results you may have expected when filling out your application. The world has changed from the days when elite colleges were “gentlemen’s clubs” that secured access into the powerful and wealthy ranks of society. These days, the answer to the question “What can you do?” carries more weight than “Where did you go?”
