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Thriving at schools other than first choice

Nothing's as blissful as rejection.

After a semester at their second- or third-choice college, quite a few Long Island students are thriving.

When Harvard, Dartmouth and Brown turned him down, Matthew DiGorolamo of Northport High ended up at his fourth-choice school, Tufts.

In four months there, he's found his niche. He hosts a radio talk show, he writes for the school newspaper...

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