一封大學拒錄信
人生百味
作者：by Marc Rinosa
I wake up， after my third attempt at shutting down my alarm. I aimlessly walk to my desk， turn on my never-off computer， attempt to type my password in my near-conscious state， succeed at the ninth， and open my mail application on the taskbar. Seven 1）notifications， I scroll down， I see NYU. I think， oh， just another email that tells me how exciting my dream school is and how everybody there is having the time of their life and how I should be there too. But then I see “Your NYU Admissions Decision.” Purple 2）letterhead， my address， oh my God， this is official.
Dear Marc，
The admissions committee at New York University has carefully considered your application and supporting 3）credentials， and it is with regret that I must inform you that we are unable to offer you admission to one of our NYU campuses this year.
Worst. Morning. Ever.
I think it took me 4）approximately 59 and a half minutes to truly realize the gravity of the situation. I did not know as to whether or not I would 5）succumb to my inner-toddler and throw the biggest 6）tantrum ever or go back to sleep and try to never wake up again. I tried to direct the blame to the admissions team that supposedly“regretted” their decision. Then I tried to blame my counselor， whom I devised a scenario for whereby she forgot to send everything， which of course did not happen. Ultimately I directed the blame to myself， telling myself I wasn’t good enough， that I could’ve done better， that I should’ve studied harder for the 7）SATs， or that the reason why they rejected me was because I just didn’t want it as much as the others. As usual， before I even got a chance to get up from the computer， I began to compare myself to how everybody else was doing， how I wasn’t like the 8）valedictorian， going to Harvard， or my friend， who got a full ride to her first-choice college. I threw a pity party attended by nobody but myself and 9）ate a generous slice of humble pie， because I knew that this was just the first of many major rejections I would face in life.