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    How I Handled Being Rejected By My First Choice Major

    After a rejection email from the communication department, I spent three months in bed, unable to do anything but binge-watch Gilmore Girls...

    By Brenda Moreno-Ortega • UCSB Contributor • Mental Health December 9, 2020
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    The Power of Failure: How I Learned to Stop Caring So Much

    Don’t get me wrong: aim high, shoot for the stars, do the exceptional- but be aware of why you’re doing it.

    By Rhea Kumar • Ryerson Contributor • Wellness December 7, 2020
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    Growing up as a Child of Immigrants: The Burden of Success

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    By Melissa Huen • Wilfrid Laurier Contributor • Culture November 30, 2020
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    Celebrate the Losses With the Wins

    It's great to celebrate a good week, but don't forget to take care of yourself during the bad ones too.

    By Mallory Harris • Baylor Contributor • Lifestyle November 17, 2020
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    Black Girl Nightmare: The Fear of Failure

    Despite the many societal, environmental and cultural issues most African-American women encounter as young adolescents, the ideas of...

    By Jalondra Jackson • CAU Contributor • Wellness October 31, 2020
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    Failure Is Not an Option… Until It’s Your Only Option

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    By Caroline Val • Columbia Barnard Contributor • Mental Health October 24, 2020
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    Doubting Myself as a Writer

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    By Sarah Elson • VCU Contributor • Mental Health October 19, 2020
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    Being perfect is unrealistic, unattainable and unsatisfying. And yet, we still try.

    By Ashley Rickman • UCF Contributor • Mental Health October 8, 2020
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    By Christina Rella • Manhattan Contributor • Lifestyle October 7, 2020
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    How to Deal with Failure

    In our highly-competitive culture, it can feel like you’re constantly failing. You may have failed a quiz. You may have gotten rejected...

    By Grace Powers • UVA Contributor • Lifestyle October 1, 2020
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    Shake it off.. Step up

    In life, failure can be the new name we didn’t know we adopted. There is no such thing as getting it right every time, getting that job...

    By Natalie Herrera • UTSA Contributor • Lifestyle September 20, 2020
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    Happy Failing

    Why your so-called “failures” should never cloud your success.

    By Stephanie Gonzalez • FSU Contributor • Mental Health September 16, 2020
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    5 Post-Graduation Tips For For People At Every Stage Of Their College Career

    It's a nerve-wracking time.

    By Allison Oliva • UCLA Contributor • Money + Career June 27, 2020
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    How I Dealt With Rejections

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    By Yashaswi Vig • Concordia CA Contributor • Lifestyle March 16, 2020
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    Rejection & How to Overcome It

    Rejection is tough, but here's how I overcame it .

    By Saarah Sherifi • UCF Contributor • Lifestyle March 14, 2020
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    The Reality of Dealing With Imposter Syndrome

    When you begin college for the first time, a number of emotions will circulate through your mind. People will tell you about all the great...

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    The Maze of Dr. Cherie E. Bond’s Life

    There’s always room for error.

    By Casey Rayfield • UFL Contributor • How She Got There February 27, 2020
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    Falling Forward

    It’s everyone’s favorite time of the semester — after the first wave of holiday bliss has passed, and the libraries are filled to the brim with students praying to any deity that will listen. Midterm Season. All I hear around campus at this time is “I’m going to fail.”Even I am drawn into the madness that the fear of failure brings. I found myself lying in my dorm room shaking from fear — the fear that I was going to amount to nothing.

    By Stephanie Parochetti • MSU Contributor • Wellness February 20, 2020
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    The Importance of Failure

    Failure is a reminder to get back up and try again!

    By Rea Mansukhani • VCU Contributor • Wellness February 17, 2020
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