Miscellaneous: Today, I found out that my dad, thinking it was an advertisement,...

By gdog10122 - 12/01/2013 09:52 - United States

Today, I found out that my dad, thinking it was an advertisement, threw away a letter from the college I applied to. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/08/2009 23:29 - Canada

Today, I found out that 15 years ago my father threw out my college acceptance letters so that I could stay home and take over the family's funeral home business. FML

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By guamfml - 03/06/2009 00:10 - Guam

Today, I was cleaning my father's study room and wondering why I did not receive my acceptance/rejection letter from a college I really wanted. I found the acceptance letter, on his desk, also approving of a full scholarship. The deadline to confirm was a month ago. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/08/2009 00:47 - United States

Today, I borrowed my dad's laptop to type an essay. While I was saving it, I noticed some curious looking files and I opened them. They were rejection letters from all the colleges I had applied to. My dad had been forging them so he wouldn't have to pay for my tuition bills. FML

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By 1415926 - 22/01/2015 05:22 - United States

Today, I got a large envelope from a college I applied to earlier. My mom, expecting big news, made my family gather round as I opened it. It ended up being a letter of rejection from not just that school, but all three campuses of the state college. FML

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By RektForLyfe - 25/07/2016 03:32 - United States - Wickliffe

Today, I was accepted to the college of my dreams. Then I checked the address. Turns out, the letter was meant for my neighbor. I was actually denied. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/12/2009 08:51 - United States

Today, I found out that the person sending me secret love letters was actually my dad, who felt sorry for me. FML

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By stillwaiting - 09/03/2009 20:48 - United States

Today, my mom called and told me I got accepted to my first-choice college. I got really excited and asked her to read me the letter. As she started to read it, she said, "Oops... uh, nevermind." FML

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By Whoneedsgradschool - 20/04/2017 20:00

Today, my parents gave me a letter they'd forgotten about since late last year. In it was a $30,000 scholarship to a local master's program with an application due date of two weeks ago. FML

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By Jibber96 - 14/11/2015 13:31 - Norway - Oslo

Today, I was walking with a friend to tell him how excited I was for college and even motivating him to apply for the same school, until I found out later that I got rejected. FML

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By madiison09 - 01/04/2013 17:46 - United States

Today, I got a letter from Yale law school saying I got a 4 year full scholarship. I called my dad crying and read the whole thing... even the bottom, which said, "April fools! Love mom and dad." FML

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Saturday 12 January 2013 19:19

Did you get it out the trash?

CueTheMusic 22

Saturday 12 January 2013 19:19

Can't you just call then and ask them to resend the letter? That's what I did :)

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morella_xx 29

Saturday 12 January 2013 20:15

I hate to say this, but... Advertisements seldom come in large packets, the size that acceptance letters usually are. Nearly every ad letter I've received has been normal letter sized, which is also the size of rejection letters. It's possible your dad was trying to save you from reading the rejection?

Muffin_boo 12

Saturday 12 January 2013 21:44

Funny. The acceptance letter to my college was a standard 8 x 12 letter.

Ray_of_midnight 22

Sunday 13 January 2013 0:12

I was wondering if it was still true that "thin letter = rejection, thick packet = acceptance", but that info dates back nearly 30 years to when I was applying to colleges, so who knows.

tymarie2012 31

Sunday 13 January 2013 2:59

Mine was just a regular sheet of paper. I think it depends on what college you apply at.

morella_xx 29

Sunday 13 January 2013 4:03

Mine was a thick packet when I applied to colleges in '06/'07. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of colleges are moving toward putting all that info online now to save paper and printing costs though.

simoncat 11

Saturday 12 January 2013 20:22

What a jerk. Can you retrieve it? Contact the school for a resend? It's illegal for him- even your dad- to open mail addressed to you. In this case it's just shitty.