College rejection isn't the end of the world
by Seema Mehta
Today's high school seniors who received envelopes thick and thin this spring from the likes of Harvard, UC Berkeley and USC can learn a thing or two from their brothers and sisters in rejection. Their worlds did not crumble, and their lives largely worked themselves out many grudgingly attended their second choices and surprised themselves by falling in love with campuses they once sneered at.
The Los Angeles Times, 4/14/2008