面對高校拒信的5個建議

5 Tips for Accepting College Rejections

面對高校拒信的5個建議

For a lot of young people, the first really big letdown of life comes with being denied by their college of choice. All of the disappointment can be really tough to take, but there is a bright side and it's all going to be okay. Here are some tips to help you through.

對很多年輕人來講，人生面對的第一次比較大的失望，便是收到申請高校的拒信。任何失望都令人難以接受，但這也有好的一面，這一切終將過去。下面是幫助你度過難關的一些建議：

1. Know that it's normal, especially these days.

1.現在的社會，失敗乃人生常事

A lot of people don't get accepted by their first choice school, or even their second or third choices. It's been happening forever. Give yourself a break. You're entering college during a difficult time, and a lot of students are going through the same stuff you're going through.

很多學生第一志願，甚至二三志願都會被拒絕，這再平常不過。放鬆心情，你在上大學這件事上碰了釘子，其他學生也正遭遇同樣的事情。

2. Take a good long look around.

2.看向你的周圍

Look around, talk to your friends, and notice that yes, people are excited, and yes, people are terrified. Not everyone is moving into something that they're feeling really great about, and many are feeling a little down on themselves about that.

看看周圍，找朋友們聊聊天。是的，他們有人很興奮；同時，也有人很沮喪。不是所有人都那麼開心，有些人和你一樣也會遇到不開心的事情。

3. You learn something when you struggle.

3.奮鬥會使你成長

Some of the best lessons of life come from times when you feel like you lost the game. "Losing" makes us stronger. It helps us become better people. You grow more when things do not go well than when they do. It's not easy, but it is worth it in the long run.

“輸”的時候你反而會學到更多東西。“失敗”使我們更加強大，也幫助我們變得更好。逆境能讓你成長更多。度過艱難時刻不易，但長遠來看，這並不是壞事。

4. It's just like any other rejection…

4.這和其他“拒絕”沒什麼兩樣

It doesn't feel good to feel you've been rejected. If you really had your heart set on a plan and now you need to change your thinking, it's an adjustment!

被拒絕的感受並不好。如果你當初堅決要走這條路，現在可以試着轉變一下思想了，要學會調節。

5. It wasn't meant to be.

5.這並不是命運的安排

Our fates and futures are our design, but sometimes things throw us off our intended course. You're going to see, down the road, why this wasn't meant to be, and that something else was. And, you'll feel as though you wouldn't change a thing.

命運和未來都在我們自己手中，但總有意外會發生。你要認真去想想，爲什麼這不是命中註定，而有些事卻是呢。然後你就會明白，其實並沒有改變什麼。

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