By Screwed - 03/10/2009 04:37 - United States

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
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emilysanftwsom 0

Move to Australia, you hardly have to pay for college here.

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alyzandra 0

As badly as that sucks, I can't help but feel that you deserve it. If I had that large of a scholarship riding on someone else to take care of, I'd be pestering that counselor every day. Not just checking on it the day before the deadline.

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STAZ211 0

My guidance counselor may cost me a full ride because she is getting my info for a scholarship in late even though I've been bugging her for weeks. I feel your pain man. fyl

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FromCFL 0

What crap! This makes as much sense as saying your friend is responsible for your losing the lottery (which you were, of course, guaranteed to win!) because he forgot to pick up a lottery ticket for you. OP should've acted responsibly & ensured the scholarship app was submitted. YDI.

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iTzSaLaD 0

bullshit! 1. the lottery is a random draw where every ticket has an equal chance of winning. a sholarship is competitively based and is not random. 2. the OP reacted responsibly by submitting it on time. it is the full responsibility of the guidance counselors to turn in the application. They send those all the time, and it would be nonsensical to check up on a guidance counselor for doing his/her job. FYL

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your_face 15

...You're not a high school senior yet, are you? Get ready to be disillusioned.

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scythefwd 0

3. A 4.0 average won't guarantee that you get a scholarship. Just look at how many 4.0's are turned away from Harvard or Yale because there aren't enough scholarships for all of the thousands of 4.0 students that applied. They are competitively awarded, but when there are 100's - 1000's of 4.0 students applying, your not guaranteed your 4.0 is going to get picked. It's kind of like the draft. You may have been the best football player in your school, but it doesn't mean your going to be drafted because you are competing against the best of everyone. Even if you are drafted... you still might be barely adequate to keep your spot because you are playing the best of the players who were all the best at their schools.

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russianspy1234 11

except scholarships have far less "players" and are based on merits not random chance

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fastcared 1

if the counselor had indicated. that your nomination would be turned in, then you may have a legal case against the counselor.

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sportsnut 0

Any now you have learned the importance of making sure things get done. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure that other people are doing things on your behalf. If you WOULD have gone and kept asking your guidance councilor about the nomination, they WOULD have made sure to send it in. However, you chose to wish that they sent it in and are not SOL. so you pretty much deserved that one for not following through ESPECIALLY since you made it a point to note that you should have already heard back about the scholarship in the first place

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jonnymohio 2

Complain to the school board and have her fired. She's incompetent and you are probably not the first person to have been screwed over by her. Make the school board president call universities and explain the situation.

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Klabauterpete 0

If it is a $80,000 scholarship, why were you son confident to win? Probably there are lots of people applying for it.

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bubber 0

I hate to say it but YDI for not kissing her ass enough. High School and degrees from two colleges have taught me a lot about people than what I learned in the classroom. While it is possible that the woman really is that big of a dipshit and did forget, my guess is the big reason is the woman didn't think highly enough of you to care. You now have to carry the burden for someone elses stupidity. Wait till college. You will be depending on hundreds of people, who do not care, to do things for you, which you have no control over. Then you will have a career, which will be no different. Enjoy it, you got another 70 years of people ******* you over.

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