Panic! (At the Disco) (On the streets of London) (if you didn't get in)...

Now that we have your attention with an elongated headline that refers to an '00s band and an '80s band, here's the real message:

If you didn't get in, DON'T PANIC.

In fact, with every door that closes, another one opens. (And you're a couple months away from the first day of the rest of your life.)

Thin envelopes are a fact of life. The world is not made of instant acceptance, of plethoras of options, of a smorgasbord of "you are so awesome."

Sure, U Sphere, easy for you to say...you didn't just get dinged at your first choice, or your first 5 choices.

Beyond telling you to make sure you fill out a U Sphere profile, you also need to, well, relax. For every kid who went to Harvard, there are dozens (no, wait, millions) of others who didn't and their lives went on and they did just fine. (And, no disrespect to Harvard, but I've met some real duds in my life who could really only point to their Harvard diploma as their raison d'etre.)

Also remember that there are countless other schools who would turn cartwheels to have a student just like you on campus.

Good luck. Hang in there.