Today, I attended my school's special invitation-only awards ceremony, relieved that I was getting a much-needed scholarship. I watched all my friends go up and win scholarships. In the end, I only got a certificate for doing well on the PSAT. My whole family showed up for this. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I went to an Honors Convocation for my school. I received a letter a few weeks earlier telling me I received an award. Surprised and proud, I invited my family to join me to see what award I was receiving. I couldn't find my name in the program. I was invited by mistake. FML
Today, I received my acceptance letter to one of the most prestigious universities in the US, as well as a nice scholarship. I was so proud of myself, I eagerly showed my dad, hoping he would shed a tear or two. His only words were, "Just get a job so you can get the hell out of my house." FML
Today, was my high school's senior awards ceremony. Over 400 people were crammed in the hot auditorium. I won five awards and each time I was called up the laughter grew louder. Apparently even the back row could see my pit stains. FML
Today, I received an award from my school rewarding me for my honor roll and my cheerleading. When I brought the certificate home my mom congratulated me and hugged me. I worked really hard for this and all my dad had to say was, "Try this flavor of Doritos." FML
Today, after spending years volunteering at community theatres and being accepted into a prestigious university for theatrical design, my public high school gave me a scholarship. All my mother could say was, "I'm sorry they wasted their money on you." FML
Today, we were having a school prize giving. I heard my name called and I walked up to the stage waving and smiling, feeling rather proud of myself. I stood by the microphone and started my acceptance speech, only to be tapped on the shoulder by the girl they'd actually called up. FML
Today, I found out I won a 20 000 dollar scholarship. After celebrating with my family by jumping around the room for a half-hour, we realized it was addressed to someone else with the same last name. When we called to tell her, she said it was weird because she had received my rejection letter. FML
Today, I was one of five people called up to the front in class to receive a special notice from the school administration. The first four people received awards for outstanding effort in school. Mine was a notice that I had overdue library fines. FML
Today, I was invited to a special meal for receiving a scholarship from my college. My mom refuses to take me because “your sister’s going there too and didn’t get a scholarship; it wouldn’t be fair to her.” I guess fairness doesn’t apply to me. FML
Today, at the awards ceremony at my school, I ended up winning the top achievement award in my grade. The principal spent at least ten minutes talking about my success to the audience, the whole time referring to me as a "he" as I stood right next to him. I'm a girl. FML
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zAstonish 20
I guess your family members PSAT through it for nothing.
amileah13 26
Geez. Thy could have warned you what award you were getting beforehand! But hey, I hope your parents were proud of you though. You did accomplish something that some people (like me) have a hard time trying to pass.
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bad_boyfriend 10
What kind of shitty school would invite you to an awards presentation and not tell you what award you are getting?
ohSNAPyall 27
If you crushed it on the PSAT, you can get scholarships, just might take a little more work in applying for them. Have a meeting with your school's college counselor.
worldclassrager 41
The forum/letter didn't say what it was for? That seems like a case of laziness or everyone got the same letter
narla_hotep 9
Hey, depending on how well you did, you might still be eligible for National Merit! I got that in high school and the application itself wasn't hard, you just have to get a comparatively good score on the SAT and write a few short essays. The hard part is getting a good enough PSAT score to even be considered.
Sandman2015 12
Okay, did you take the SAT? Because the PSAT means **** all.
void669 4
I skipped my graduation and got an award I was not aware I was getting, I told them I wasn't coming and apparently they still called my name several times lol, still got the scholarship money though
boultzboi 20
being from a different country, what is a PSAT?
jocamo 24
here's a link explaining http:// www.edonline.com/collegecompass/psat.htm
mattyiscool123 26
Preliminary SAT, it's like a practice version of the SAT
Violenna 14
Same thing happened to me, but instead of a certificate, they gave me a white cord and a handshake. I would have rather not attended the event at all Lol
Kyle_Thompson17 16
You might've been awarded national merit scholar which happens to be rare and very impressive and will get you many scholarships from around the country.
mattyiscool123 26
And I thought the PSAT didn't mean much