A college rejection letter may come as devastating news to many, but not to Siobahn O'Dell. The 17-year-old high school senior wasn't upset when she was told she wasn't going to be a member of Duke ...

A high school student is speaking candidly about why she shared her emotional college rejection letter online. In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE, Nicole Laeno says she chose to post a clip of ...

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For years, Nicole Laeno knew she wanted to attend the University of California, Los Angeles. So on March 15, the high school senior from Torrance, California, gathered with her mother, father, and ...

A high schooler wrote a rejection letter to her rejection letter from Duke. — -- Spring is here along with the angst of the college admissions process for high school seniors everywhere. One ...

Whether relentlessly checking the mailbox or refreshing your email inbox, waiting for college decision letters is one of the most apprehensive times. Receiving a rejection letter from a desired ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — College acceptance letters. They can be life-changing... for good or bad. Today, we focus on the high school seniors who didn't get the news they hoped for. The sting of rejection.

Colleges across the country have now sent out their acceptance and rejection letters. Every year at this time I am struck by the meanings these letters have for high school seniors and their parents.

I received my first college rejection letter while standing in the TSA line at Logan Airport. It was March of my senior year, and after months of crafting the perfect Common App essay and laboring ...

Whether it’s in your dating life or in your pursuit of your dream college, rejection is inevitable. No matter how much we try to avoid it, the possibility of rejection is inherent whenever we take a ...

Jennifer Martin -- and her delicate teenage ego -- received a wake-up call on her cell phone. The call came from her mother, telling her that after being left in limbo for months on the school's ...