YES said No :'(

So the other day I received an email from YES Abroad saying that I was not chosen as a semifinalist. It was so heartbreaking but I will definitely be applying again next year if I don't receive CBYX this year.  Luckily, the other three members of SDAC were all chosen as semifinalists! I am so happy for them but I wish I was going to be joining them in Maryland for the IPSE. But luckily there is still a tiny sliver of a chance that I might make the IPSE! I called YES yesterday after school to ask if there was anything I could improve on in my application for next year when I reapply. They said that my application was really good and that there just wasn't enough semifinalist spots. So then I asked if they do alternates for the IPSE and they do! She said that notifications for semifinalist alternates come out on a rolling biases all next week and she said she would make a note to keep me in mind for an alternate spot! I really hope that I become an alternate and that someone decides not to go to the IPSE so that I get the chance to go! I want YES so badly and it is awesome knowing that it may not be over for me yet!