Today, my step-mother threw a surprise party on my acceptance to college. People kept telling me how delightfully shocked and happy they are for me. "UPenn" was written everywhere, when I really got into Penn State. Everyone thinks I'm going to an Ivy League. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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, I excitedly told my mom how I got accepted to the master’s program of my dreams. She decided now would be a good time to proudly repeat for the millionth time how she gave up a full ride to the Ivy League to marry my father, and I ought to be a "good woman" and do the same. FML
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
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
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
Today, I announced to my family that I got accepted into Harvard. My grandma laughed and muttered, "Liar." FML
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 of the letter, which said, "April fools' ! Love, Mom and Dad." FML
Today, when taking a group picture with my closest friends, a passing parent congratulated us on getting into the same university for next year. She's wrong. They're all going to Cambridge, except for me. I was rejected. FML
Today, I threw myself a surprise party. FML
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firesail 0
At least you weren't the kid who got into UPenn and then had everyone hold him a Penn State party.
mkb_fml 0
LIVE THE LIE!
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Comments (253)
skierguy 0
#115, I'm not quite sure what your issue with the OP's writing is. "Throw a party" is a perfectly reasonable and commonly used expression. The past tense of that would be "threw a party" just as the OP said.
imme2009 0
#115, are you sure YOU made it into college??? how well were YOUR english grades? they used the correct word, and obviously, you're an idiot.
epmx27 0
yeah, penn state is an amazinggg school, and it is hard to get into. so you should be proud of yourself, and i'm sure that when everyone found out it was penn state you were going to, they were still very proud of you.
sarah2144 14
Your stepmom's the one that should be embarrassed. Penn State's still a great school and it's hard to get into. Who cares if it's not Ivy League? Although I guess it would kind of suck if everyone was so happy for you that you were going there and then you had to tell them that you weren't actually going to an Ivy League school...
enuyp 0
#32 UDel is AWESOME! Its a good school and has one of the best study abroad programs, established in 1923 with trips on all 7 continents, one of the largest programs in the country. 3 signers of the declaration of independence went to Udel, and has one of the top 10 engineering programs in the country...what school do you go to? I was #32. I go to an Ivy league. No not UPENN. I'll keep it confidential. Are you serious? You call those credentials. And no, UDEL is not a top engineering program, it is good, but not one of the top. Everyone here that says a top 100 school is good is ridiculous. People get into top 50-100 schools with 3.0-3.5 GPAs and 1600-2000 SAT scores. That is terrible. Give me a break. Penn State is decent, but terrible compared to UPENN.
michelledaguila 0
Don't worry about it. For my graduation party my sister wrote all over the invitations, "Congrats Michelle for getting into Dartmouth University!" Why this was probably more of an fml: I was going to an IVY league school and my sister made herself look like an idiot in front of the entire family. Even when I told her it's Dartmouth College, she still said University. Now my family thinks I'm either lying about coming to Dartmouth or thinks I'm going to UMass Dartmouth. Two VERY different schools. Penn State is a great school. Be proud of where you go, and don't be ashamed to tell your family the truth. Better than them finding out later and casting judgment not only on the school you actually do go to, but also on your ability to be honest with them.
gsfgf 0
Roll with it, imo. When introducing themselves, a bunch of my friends that went to Samford will say the name really fast, and if the other person hears Stanford, they don't correct them.
bbabyyxO 0
U of Penn isn't one of the ivy leagues. It's just hard to get into. But boo who, how upset can you get if you didn't even apply there.
anonymous1254 0
PSU is too good for a snob like you
michelledaguila 0
#125 UPenn is an ivy league. http://www.upenn.edu/ Written bright as day: proud ivy league tradition.