College Rejection: How to Take the Sting Out of Bad News

Rejection stings. And a rejection from a college your teen loved and hoped to attend, stings badly. College counselors, parents and peers will all try to tell him not to take it personally. They will tell her the admissions office gets more applications than they can possibly accept and many well qualified candidates are rejected. But there will still be anguish. College rejection always feels personal, deeply personal.

We asked a few experts for their advice on ways to move past this let dow...