First things first: Let’s unpack this whole “dream” school business.
. “It's highly unlikely that your image of what the school is like has anything to do with what your experience is going to be like.” In other words, you don’t know if a place is going to be the right fit for you until you’re actually there.
, director of the Phoebe Lewis Leadership program at Smith College, co-founder of Girls Leadership and author of “If this happened to one of your best friends, what would you say to her?” asks Simmons. “Can you talk to yourself the way that you would talk to a really close friend who has experienced this rejection and then show that kindness to yourself?”
“You have an admissions committee who's trying to compose an interesting class of people. If there are 19 people at your school who are really qualified, it's going to hurt your chances in ways that are completely out of your hands,” reminds Grant. “At any pretty selective school, there's going to be three to four times as many qualified candidates as there are spots for. A lot of that is just the role of the dice.
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