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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know several girls who felt this way.[b] Slways girls.[/b] Both because they worked so hard and have a harder time differentiating themselves in admissions, and because they care more than the average boy about external validation. They have been socialized to care a lot about external approval by our culture and it makes it harder.[/quote]

I raised 2 athletic daughters who attended a public high school with weak athletic teams. By the time they applied to college, they were well acquainted with losing, so when the college rejections started arriving, there was disappointment, but not a hint of devastation.

I’m curious if many of these girls who are destroyed by college rejections played a lot of athletic teams, because it seems like learning that “you don’t win them all” in sports makes you accept the cruel realities of life well before you apply to colleges.

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Just to add that DD is a tennis player, which is a particularly mental sport. Losing on a regular basis has built up her resilience tremendously. [/quote]

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