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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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LetsPretend 0
Well at least your stepmom is proud of you either way. MY parents tell me everyday on how I fail at school and won't be able to get into Penn State. I'm a B average student.
requitedhope 0
Haha, I'm going to PSU next year too and I've had people mix them up in conversation. But I never got a party for getting in. In the future when people ask how UPENN is going, just say "Actually Penn State is going...." But either way good luck next year!
lnm701 0
The intense debate between UPenn and Penn State in this thread is really amusing. I can see how this would be a FML moment, but it's not that big of a deal. The real FML would be if you hadn't gotten into college. You're still going to a good school, be happy!
greatnt249 0
"FYI Animal House is based at Dartmouth University, another ivy league." No, it was filmed at the University of Oregon. Both sides need to chill the **** out and realize that your education is what you make of it. Ivy Leaguers, the name alone won't carry you through life if your grades suck; everyone else, quit acting as if you have something to prove to Ivy Leaguers.
allstarplayer324 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? And OP Penn state is a great school too, its so much fun one of my friends goes there and he has a blast!
wholeon 0
I think what's ****** up about this is your stepmom apparently doesn't care enough to actually *know* which school you're going to.... Anyone have any shit to talk about any of the UT schools? We haven't decided which city we're moving to yet, but there's a UT school in basically every one we're looking at. o.O
redwall312 0
#77: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Animal_House The screenplay was adapted by Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller and Harold Ramis from stories written by Miller and published in National Lampoon magazine based on his experiences in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at Dartmouth College, as well as Ramis's experiences in the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2006 Miller wrote a more comprehensive memoir of his experiences in Dartmouth's AD house in a book entitled: "The Real Animal House: The Awesomely Depraved Saga of the Fraternity That Inspired the Movie." I didnt say filmed, I said it was BASED from Dartmouth.
andydawg8891 0
Last I heard (I work at PSU) it's the #2 party school in the country. So you'll be partying AND people will think you're IVY league. That's a win.
RavensRule97 0
lol 81 and congrats on gettin in to penn state
soxgirl54 0
her mistake for not paying attention.