Opinion: Not all rejection letters are created equal, writes Mike Kerrigan.
Many high-school students are waiting in agony for replies to their college applications. But surely there’s something worse than waiting: rejection. At least that was my thinking—that straight-up rejection is the low point—before I spoke recently with my younger brother, Jack. It was on my mind when I called him, since my eldest son is waiting to hear back from a handful of colleges.
Jack pointed out a flaw in my logic by reminding me of a rejection letter he received while a law student at the University of Virginia. The...
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