Each admissions decision you receive from a college is an opportunity to do one or more of the following:
- Celebrate good news with your family.
- Be grateful for opportunities given to you.
- Gracefully accept disappointing news and move on.
- Offer heartfelt congratulations to someone who gets something you wanted.
- Recognize and thank people who helped you along the way.
- Be excited about your future.
Whether it’s good news or bad news, it won’t be the last time in your life that you feel this way. Use the opportunity to practice how to respond productively and you’ll be even better at it in the future.
And parents, remember that your kids are looking to you to set the example of how mature adults do all of those things.