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Sometimes the mature thing to do is actually to step back and cut yourself off. It is not immature to need distance; it's wise to know what you need and what your limits are, and to act on them.
Frankly, most of the people I know who have acted in immature ways after being rejected (including myself, many times) ended up trying to be too emotionally close to the person they are no longer with. It doesn't help anyone, least of all yourself.
So stick to the mature, realistic route you're taking until the pain begins to have less power over you. It's likely you're always going to miss that person, but that doesn't mean you can't heal and move on. That's from my experience, at least.
And count yourself lucky that you're not at the same college; being in close quarters with someone after there has been a heartbreak is one of the worst things to deal with, emotionally.
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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran
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