<human>: For years and years I dreamed of going to one school that I didn't realize would be hard to get into (for me at least) until around my sophomore year. When the process of college application time came along, my parents advised me not to apply because they thought it would be a bad fit, (for a slew of reasons that I sort of agreed with sort of don't) and that even if I got in, it would be too stressful/high pressure.

I convinced myself that I'd be happier "not knowing" and that I really didn't want the stress I applied to one school, got in, and am going there. It's not a bad school, but I'm not "excited" about it. Plus, there's no prestige attached so people don't speak particularly highly of it. 

Now, most people in my school know where they're going. I hear about a handful of people being so excited to get into what was my dream school and it's really painful because I regret not even applying. 

I see tons of advice online geared towards "top students" who say, didn't get into Harvard, but are going to, lets say UVA and these posts talk about how it's "not the end of the world because you're still an amazing student" These posts don't really offer good advice and just bum me out and I don't know what to think.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did you cope, did the feeling go away once you started going to school? Thanks for reading.

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<bot>: I just want to feel excited about where I'm going,but I can't because  I keep regretting not applying applying to my dream school.