Moving Ahead – Dealing with University Rejection Assertively

You tried your best but it didn’t work out. The rejection came in the mail. You felt hurt and rightfully so. But getting rejected from your desired academic institution might be a blessing in disguise. If it happens to you, consider the following:

- Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade – Summer school, night school, part-time courses…they are all there to help you. If you are still aiming high, take a course again or some new ones to boost your average. You can usually do them while you work too.

- Look abroad – Your homeland might not be interested but that doesn’t mean another place wouldn’t. Ask Sylvester Stallone. He persevered, landed at a Swiss school, and a few years later, he wrote a certain uplifting film about perseverance called Rocky. Go figure.

- Learn a language or a skill - You might be limiting yourself in your educational career path. Trying a new course, learning a skill completely foreign to your regular studies, or studying a language might expose you to something you never knew you liked or knew that you had talent for.

- Good counseling – Related to the above, getting a professional counselor to do some academic testing for you might help you determine what path you should be on.

When it comes to rejection from an academic institution, there are always other options for students. They just have to be used. Once they take advantage of them, students can really move forward in their career path.