College Rejection Isn’t Always Bad

Posted on March 29, 2010 
Filed Under Parenting

Is it always a bad thing when a college turns down a prospective student? Even if that student is your child? Of course not!

Our oldest child applied to several schools, and in retrospect we’re rather glad he wasn’t accepted at some of them (no offense, University of Chicago). Now our second boy is looking at college – although he has yet to get that awful “rejection” letter. Still, it is helpful to keep some perspective about the entire college application process. It is grueling, but getting into that school-of-first-first choice is not always as significant as we might think.

Here’s an article that looks at successful individuals like Warren Buffet and Ted Turner, folks who were not admitted to the university of their choice, and how they reacted to that rejection.

Success borne out of failure…a good reminder for any college-bound student.

Comments

2 Responses to “College Rejection Isn’t Always Bad”

  1. Daniela on April 1st, 2010 8:59 am

    Hi John,

    I would like to know if possible the reasoning behind your statement “in retrospect we’re glad he was not accepted by the University of Chicago.”
    I don’t know what this statement means unless you give the reader some meaningful reasons. I’d like to know because I have my own thoughts about the place, but I’d like to know yours before I share mine.

    thanks. Daniela Abuzatoaie

  2. Admin on April 1st, 2010 9:08 am

    Daniela, thanks for asking. Briefly, there was not a major objection to the University of Chicago — after all, he DID apply there with our blessing. Rather, it was – and as I wrote, we see this in retrospect – a combination of things like the size of the school and the more liberal bent of the faculty.

    John

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