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By sadsenior - 13/03/2009 21:09 - United States

Today, I was excited because I was going to get my college decisions back. I put all of the letters in order of my preference. Didn't get into my first choice. Denied from my second choice. Rejected from my third choice. Wait listed on my back-up. Accepted for a job at Target. FML
I agree, your life sucks 73 609
You deserved it 10 086

Same thing different taste

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note to you... a back-up is supposed to be a school you're sure that you'll get into classic case of inflated head syndrome

You obviously overestimated your academic achievements. Don't feel sorry for you. Tough luck. Maybe community college is the way to go for you.

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Well look at the bright side -- you have a potential job, which is more than a lot of college graduates can say right now.

Don't believe it. Decision letters never arrive all on the same day. They arrive one-by-one over the course of months. Even if they were mailed from separate schools on the same date, chances are they'd still arrive on different days. And if you got them on different days, who would really wait to open them so they could do it in some sort of obscure "order"? Not legit.

idk, its hard to say if I feel sorry for you or not. you obviously didn't measure yourself up with your schools correctly and you should've applied early action (if available) in the early fall. however, maybe your parents, high school guidance counselor, etc. didn't give you good college advice so you didn't have the best resources to get into a college or university. you are tought to respect and listen to your elders and superiors but sometimes they're not always the best advisors. life is unfair. as soon as you learn that, you'll be able to deal with anything and you wont ever have to post anything on fmylife.com again... unless you think its funny and other people should hear about it lol

It's ironic, cuz I'm pretty smart GPA-wise and yet I cannot find a job in my area and why this is the case is still a mystery to me. My family has to sell our house because I can't help supplement and my father lost his accounting job of over 25 years and can't find a replacement job either. I suppose college right NOW doesn't have a whole lot of weight, it's the connections you have with people. Maybe in a few years try for a degree, save up money til then cuz you'll surely need some! Also what people say about going to a community college and transferring is also a very good option because sometimes you can end up saving a LOT of money by doing just two years at a 4-year school.

Target rejected me. I hate you. jk. things will work out. have faith.

Godless25 0

welcome to the real world, i graduated from college, never got shit for jobs. Most people in this country have to work jobs like that...8% national unemployment...consider yourself lucky that you got a job at all

greatnt249 0

"It's ironic, cuz I'm pretty smart GPA-wise and yet I cannot find a job in my area and why this is the case is still a mystery to me." Well, if you graduated with a dime-a-dozen major, that could explain it.

Should have either done better in school or applied for worse colleges.

Why did all of your letters come the same day? And since when do companies tell you you've gotten a job in the mail?