Today, I wrote the most beautiful college application essay ever, ten minutes before the online deadline. Instead of clicking "submit", I clicked the button next to it that said "return". The entire essay vanished into internet wasteland. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after pulling an all-nighter on an essay, I submitted it one minute before the deadline and felt like a genius. Later, I reopened the file and discovered I'd uploaded the rough draft instead of the final version. The last line ended with “fix this later,” which was not my finest academic work. FML
Today, I pulled an all-nighter to finish an essay. I submitted it one minute before the deadline. Later, I opened the file to double-check and realized I'd uploaded my rough draft, containing notes like “THIS PART MAKES NO SENSE, FIX LATER.” The professor then replied, “I agree with your assessments.” FML
Today, I went to check my grade, which was posted for an essay for my comp 1 class. I got a zero. I was devastated only to find out I never actually clicked the submit document button. My grade dropped 20 points. FML
Today, after meticulously rereading my application, merging references, budgets, academic transcripts and itineraries for an amazing scholarship, I clicked submit, only to remember that the system was on Daylight Savings time, which we don't have in my state! I missed out on $2,500 by 3 minutes. FML
Today, I was writing an essay while sleep-deprived. In between actually writing, I started typing my thoughts. It was only after I’d submitted the essay that I realized that I hadn’t deleted the random words. My teacher can see my early-morning rambling about potatoes. I have no way to delete it. FML
Today, I mailed out a college application that is going to another country. I paid $250 for the application and $11 for shipping. I just realized that I forgot to sign the bottom of the application. FML
Today, after submitting my college application, I noticed that I mistyped "math enthusiast" as "meth enthusiast". FML
Today, after submitting a 500-word essay to a writing contest, I found out that I lost to someone who wrote 3 sentences. FML
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
Today, I was taking a final test online that would account for 65% of my final grade, for which I'd worked extremely hard. I had one submission for the test, and my roommate thought it would be funny to click the "Submit All" Button while I was getting a glass of water. I got a 13%. FML
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rexchanna 3
ydi for not taking the proper time to write the application. And for writing it in the browser. and for not turning it in earlier.
I_found_nemo 0
Learn a lesson, maybe? COPY AND PASTE FROM A DOCUMENT!
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jeniilouise 0
thats unfortunate. but ydi for trusting the internet. never trust the internet. (or computers in general)
sara_no_H 0
dude! ydi 1)for waiting 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE DEADLINE to send it. even if you clicked send, it might've crashed because everybody is stupid and waits till the deadline, and 2) for not copying & saving it before doing anything. fail.
Professor59 2
That button is the ACTUAL test to see if you belong at that college. Honestly, would you expect them to heavily recruit kids who couldn't find the Submit button? Ah, nevermind. If you have the tuition money, they still want you.
HMTQMadge 1
Or you could just click undo.
QTPie123 0
OP : You Fail in So Many Ways... A. 99.9% of High School Seniors are smart enough to write their College App in a Word Document and then copy and paste it into the actual application. Also, most take more than 15 Minutes to write their College Essay. I doubt yours was the most beautiful college application ever. Fail #1. B. I'm pretty sure that all College Deadlines in the United States are in November for Early Decision, and January for Regular Decision. Not in October. Fail #2. I could go on... but I think that's enough.
hellFighter 0
YDI for not writing it in Word then pasting it like the rest of us do.
somename1223132 5
Sad. I wonder what else is in the internet waste land
omgzdude 0
YDI for not thinking before acting!!!
shadowskater 0
This is why you always copy and paste into a word document/notepad and save it
th08 0
Control Z.....(It's undo)