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" You toured campus, applied early decision, and even bought the sweatshirt\u2014only to find the thin envelope in your mailbox telling you that you didn&amp;#039;t get into your number one college. Wait, what?! We get it: College acceptance\u2014and rejection\u2014time can be tough. So we talked to the College Board to get the insider scoop on how to deal. Even if you&amp;#039;ve practically picked out your secret study spot on campus, things are going to be totally okay if you get rejected from your dream school\u2014we promise. You&amp;#039;re Still In Control! &amp;quot;People think the school is somehow going to make something out of you. The truth of the matter is, at any good school, you&amp;#039;re going to make something out of the school,&amp;quot; says Jeff Brenzel, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale University. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s far more important that you be prepared to go to college and that you fully engage the opportunities that are available at any good school, rather than obsess on which one you&amp;#039;re going to.&amp;quot; Not getting in can be a huge blow to your confidence, and well, embarrassing if you&amp;#039;ve been gushing about a school to your BFF&amp;#039;s for months. But as the College Board explains, &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s no secret to getting in.&amp;quot; Acceptance varies by school and student, and despite having killer grades and kick-ass extracurriculars, sometimes you just. don&amp;#039;t. get. in. But don&amp;#039;t sweat it\u2014you&amp;#039;re not alone! Tons of students don&amp;#039;t get in to their first-choice schools. Take Time To Refocus &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s now time to focus on the other colleges that you applied to, with the goal of obtaining acceptances from your second, third, or fourth choices,&amp;quot; says the College Board&amp;#039;s April Bell. Think about why you wanted to go to your number one school in the first place: Was it the beautiful, grassy campus? The small, close-knit community? The amazing sports teams? Or the awesome academic programs for your major? Try to pinpoint exactly what it was you loved, and then decide which of your second-choice schools most closely meet those qualities and characteristics as well.  Reevaluate Things After A Semester Or Two And if in the fall\u2014after some time at the school you choose\u2014you&amp;#039;re still dead-set on your dream school, consider transferring! &amp;quot;There may be an opportunity to begin your college experience at another school and transfer into your first choice during second semester or second year,&amp;quot; says Bell. You can usually find details about transferring on a school&amp;#039;s Admissions site. But remember: Regardless of where you go, college is all about meeting new people (hello, hot new boys!), learning new things, having different experiences, and growing\u2014and you&amp;#039;ll be able to do that wherever you end up. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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