If You Got Rejected From Your Dream School(s), What Would You Do?
A Good Piece of Writing... By Andrew Hickey, BSE at ASU, MS at Stanford The Lesson Behind this Story is " You will find success. Turn the Difficulties into Opportunities. Feeling Sorry won’t Do Anything Good for YOU! AND " A School Doesn’t Define Who You Are. You Choose Through Your Actions"! Andrew Hickey: Stanford University was my dream school. I was Salutatorian, Senior Class President, held leadership positions in my small, poor community that made an impact, and was student-athlete of the year at my high school. I prepared my essays non-stop and took the SAT a few times to get a great score one year in advance. I was rejected . When I read the email after football practice, I didn’t tell my parents. I sat in self-pity in my room for the day. Couldn’t sleep. I thought I was a failure and I couldn’t figure out what I did wrong. I woke up the next day, told my parents, then left to the nearby soccer field to my house. I was kicking the ball around and thought ...