With over 18 million students enrolled in college, it’s a given that not every applicant will get an acceptance letter. Appealing a college rejection can be an emotional and challenging process, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rejection stings. And a rejection from a college your teen loved and hoped to attend stings badly. College counselors, parents, ...

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 both an email stating that I would not be invited to an interview and a formal rejection letter from each of the schools I had applied to. The disappointment felt overwhelming. Having made ...

It’s an exciting time for students who got into one of their top-choice schools. But what about all the kids who didn’t? At 18, that kind of rejection can be devastating. And perspective on how the ...