The Rainbow after the Rainstorm

Rejection is the root of a lot of different negative emotions that one could feel towards themselves. Lack of confidence, appearance issues, even pushing yourself academically can be held back by the fear of rejection. Waiting for those life-changing letters to...

The Waiting Game: Accepted or Not, It Is Okay

While applying to many colleges, there is always a waiting period before you are either accepted or rejected from a school. There is always this “what-if” factor that many people ponder about when applying to a school. While applying to a college may be intimidating...

Don't worry about rejection strive for perfection

As the snow of winter begins to fade, millions of high school seniors across the country are expressing joy and sorrow about college decisions. March Madness of college acceptance and rejection letters cause more jubilation and depression for an entire family than the...

Sometimes you pick the school, and sometimes the school picks you.

Surely, most current high school seniors are lacking finger-nails right about now. In less than a month, admissions decisions from hundreds of colleges around the country and around the world will be delivered into mailboxes. I remember this time last year too...

Senior Sickness

1. Mind over Matter—Out of my eight senior-year teachers, only one of them refused to acknowledge senioritis as a legitimate disease that infects more than 80{53c6eff5ce19621f7316832cfedf08caab022021f1679c62c3f44b8900ceaf72} of the graduating high school class.  In...