Being rejected sucks. It doesn't matter what it is, it's pretty much one of the worst feelings that we go through on any given day. With all of the high school seniors announcing where they're headed next year and getting those last few letters back from schools all across the country, I thought it might be good to keep this in mind: getting rejected from a school isn't the end of the world.

Yeah, it really sucks and you might question yourself in a bunch of different ways. The worst is when your top choice turns you down, because then that dream school is suddenly telling you that they don't want you, and that really hurts. Here's the thing about that, it'll be alright. Really, it will.

Let's go ahead and, worst case scenario here, you go to a different school, knock out some of your Gen. Ed. credits, and apply for transfer after that first year (those GE's are usually just the worst, so the more you can get done fast, the better). Or maybe you take a year to get some experience in the working world before you apply again the next year, then you're ahead of your peers because you've got a year of real work under your belt going into school. So, here we have it, the two worst options you've got. One gets you credit (and possibly a GPA buff for your next application) and the other gets you money and experience. If those are the worst cases, you're pretty well set.

But before we close the book on that one, let's take a look at the best case scenario, shall we? You go to a different school, say your third choice, just for argument's sake, and you fall in love with it. You meet some of the best friends you'll ever make and you join a community that you thought could never compare to the other one. Or maybe you go there and it becomes home to you. Say your family moves while you're away and your base becomes this school that you didn't originally even intend to go to, but suddenly you're surrounded by a much bigger family in the friends that you've made. So on the positive end of the spectrum here, we've got either falling crazily in love with your school and making a family from what you're given.

Again, rejection is about the worst thing. No one likes getting rejected. But if you're willing to look at it in a way that's less "end of the world and everything that I know" and more as "well, we'll figure this one out," you'll be just fine. Remember, if you go for it, it'll be alright. You'll make it out and be stronger for it.