I went to a very respected public school, and went through the college admission process a few years ago. What I think a lot of kids forget is when they apply to schools like Dartmouth or Harvard, BC, or Bates, they're not applying to just a school. They are applying to a private business. I was 'diverse', had great grades, blah blah, but it's not because of those reasons that any school owed me anything.
I definitely find her bitter. Rejection isn't a new thing, and those that are rejected by colleges just need to deal with it.

I'm pretty sure all these guys are pro skaters- the first (with the hybrid mohawk thing) is Adam Colton, and I recognize most of the others. They make a lot of time-killing videos like this, but they have a great documentary of sorts about long-distance skating (http://www.longtreksonskatedecks.com/)