How to manage others' reactions to your rejections

[perrykm2]

Does anyone have any advice for me?

My really close friend applied to some MA programs in Creative Writing, got into a handful of them, but it seems like funding is a little more up in the air and competitive in a lot of CW programs? Anyway, it ended up that of all her acceptances, she still didn't get funding or tuition remission. She's so unhappy and I feel so bad. What is a good thing to say to her?

[Fiona Thunderpaws]

I guess it depends on your friend's personality, but I know for me I hate it when people bring up anything about my applications, but I like it when they listen to my ranting sympathetically. I hope somethings works out for her though--lack of funding is the very worst sort of evil.