Today, in an attempt to get some guidance from my college advisor, I emailed her, saying I was contemplating going to another school because I felt so helpless about my GPA, and was sure I wouldn't get my major. I asked for advice on raising it. She gave me instructions on how to drop out. FML
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Today, my high school guidance counselor tried to convince me NOT to go to college, mainly because it's been so long since someone from my high school went to college, that she got rid of all the college information she used to have. FML
Today, I applied for college graduation. Turns out my advisor screwed me over and now I'm 1 credit hour short of getting my degree. Now I have to wait another semester and pay $3,500 just to take a one hour class on Bowling so that I can graduate. FML
Today, I got a letter confirming I had dropped out of college. I received this letter shortly after completing the 10th essay I had finished this week as a result of me deciding to finally apply myself to my schoolwork. Turns out that while dropping a class, I checked Drop All instead of Drop 1. FML
Today, I received an email from my professor informing me that if I missed another class, I'd be dropped from the course. I have field experience to complete tomorrow as part of my major. I emailed her two weeks ago to let her know, and we're excused by the dean. She doesn't care. FML
Today, my aunt asked me to change my major to a program I’m not interested in so her depressed son, my cousin, could have a study buddy. I’m in my last year of university and have been accepted to a master’s program. FML
Today, I asked to change my major at the college I'm transferring to in the fall. Instead of letting me change my major, they withdrew my acceptance. FML
Today, I dropped out of college and moved back home to help my mom take care of my younger siblings after our father's death. My mom yelled at me and scolded me and lectured me for throwing my life away, and said this was the last thing she ever wanted me to do. I thought she needed help. FML
Today, I went to see my guidance counselor. I was supposed to hear from my college about a scholarship by October 3rd. I was worried since it was already the 2nd so I went to talk to her. She never turned in my nomination. Goodbye $80,000 scholarship. FML
Today, I was supposed to have my advising appointment for my next semester of college. When I got to campus, it was windy and raining so heavily that my clothes were sopping wet within a minute of stepping out of my car. My advisor didn't show up. FML
Today, after dropping a class for the first time ever in college in order to focus on raising my grades, I failed the test that I dropped another course to study for. By not finishing on time. After 3 days of studying. FML
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DocBastard 38
Don't listen to her, and don't scream and Yale. Be as strong as an Ox,ford the stream, but don't go jumping off a Cambridge. You can be as rich as a a Duke or as famous as a Princeton, but getting good grades isn't that Harvard. Just study hard and eat a good meal, something like Brown Rice with Cornell.
RachelCamille 0
Maybe you should have been more direct. If you said you wanted to go to another school then thats probably what she took it as. If you just wanted more advice then just say that you need some advice.
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bravesfan112233 0
turtles love me
rallets 22
theres instructions on how to drop out?
DocBastard 38
Yes, rallets, there ARE instructions on how to drop out. You don't march into your classes, moon your professors, tell them to go **** themselves, and go get smashed at the bar.
rallets 22
why not? thats how i did it :P
Zmeilerr 22
#31, you're too retarded half the time to properly construct a sentence. I don't know how the **** you got into college.
yetanotherginger 19
the admissions interview must have been on the other half of the time, the lucid one
rallets 22
i knew i felt someone trying to get up in my ass...i wont be having that Zmeiler ;D but i was kidding, obviously you have no sense of humor. sorry about that :( college is overrated, i actually went to technical trade school :) good times, and id rather have that than waste a shit ton of money for 4 years so youre saying im a genius the other half, right? :D awesome!!
rallets 22
yezzir
ColdGold 6
Just goes to show that no one likes a drama queen. Give them something to work with next time.
demoncooldud 0
what
36591951 9
My careers adviser used to guide me towards doing a trade however I turned out fine
valri3 0
Just....just don't take the advice for your sake.
iSitt 0
her job was outsourced to IBM Watson
vomitknife 0
Follow those instructions to the letter.
you_failed 15
Damn! That's kinda harsh! :X
Zebidee 8
Ignore what she said, and go get some constructive advice. I'm sure there are competent, professional advisors out there, but how many stories have you heard about the ones that aren't?
heathersmorin 0
wow!! what a great advisor you have there. she's doing a great job!!
theseventhluigi 1
To raise your gpa you just need to get better grades....how did you not figure that out yourself?
DocBastard 38
Don't listen to her, and don't scream and Yale. Be as strong as an Ox,ford the stream, but don't go jumping off a Cambridge. You can be as rich as a a Duke or as famous as a Princeton, but getting good grades isn't that Harvard. Just study hard and eat a good meal, something like Brown Rice with Cornell.
bigbadtim 7
LOL
jupiter80 0
creative :)
disneydork96 0
this is great:)
NurseNasty 12
This amused me. ----^
dtegrl 0
You have way too much time on your hands...
lexa1love 16
@56 Are you mad because you couldn't come up with anything clever?
lr4182 0
Unless you're a few tenths of points away, I don't feel sorry for you. you're not a kid anymore and not entitled to a free grade. you get the grade for the effort you put in. and apparently you didn't put in enough.
ChibiChibi_fml 27
Unless the issue is that they genuinely don't understand what they are being taught. I had three different tutors at one point, plus constantly went in for help from the teacher, and was still failing my Algebra class because apparently I just suck horribly at Algebra. I aced all of my english, history, and other such classes but nothing with math.
erongetti 2
I agree chibichibi. I used to be a teacher & although some people can be very smart, sometimes you aren't going to "get it" no matter what. For this OP, I'd ask if he put in a true effort. If yes, then maybe listen to the counselor...this isn't what you were meant to do. If no, you're wasting your time on fml instead of studying!