BENGALURU: Did you also have had nightmares about that classic thin envelope? Majority of us have stood the scenario of being rejected from the college which used to be our dream school. Rejection is never fun, no matter which way you spin it.

Gobs of wildly successful business moguls, actors, and politicians have had their Ivy League dreams dashed, but they eventually found paths which turned out to be an epic journey and a lesson for all.

Below is a list of some remarkable journeys embarked and annotations made by famous personalities (Courtesy – Economic Times):

Warren Buffett

Buffett was initially crushed when he was rejected from the Harvard Business School. But, as he told The Wall Street Journal, "Everything that has happened in my life ... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better." Buffett went to Columbia instead. "You learn that a temporary defeat is not a permanent one. In the end, it can be an opportunity."

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