Originally Posted by ultramarina
Sigh. I have a family member who did not get into UC Berkeley (I'm thinking it was probably close, but her HS likely has MANY very strong applicants) and is at Davis instead. She's not over it. In the grand scheme of things, I really wonder how much it matters. But she's convinced she's a failure.

I remember being wait-listed at Princeton years ago.

That didn't convince me that I was a failure, rather it just made me feel a great deal of anger toward Princeton.