Today, I ended up being wasting an entire week on a very important scholarship essay because I thought the requirements said “3500 words” when in reality, they said “3500 characters.” 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, I realized I forgot to write a 5000 word essay for my English class. I tried to be calm since I had until midnight to finish, and it was only 8pm. I typed for three hours straight,and finished the assignment. I read over the instruction again, and realized it only had to be 500 words. FML
Today, I spent ages applying for a scholarship online. I found out on the very last page that I do not meet the qualifications for it. FML
Today, after finishing a two hour essay exam that will determine the future of my career, I realized I misread the question. FML
Today, after submitting a 500-word essay to a writing contest, I found out that I lost to someone who wrote 3 sentences. FML
Today, I had a mental breakdown because I have a 10,000 word final project due on Monday and I have only 800 words written so far, because I have been working on other classes and trying to be outside with my friends in the nice weather this week. FML
Today, I lost a grade on an essay, because according to my teacher, I put much more detail into my analytical essay than I should have. FML
Today, one of my colleagues was asked to rewrite an entire project, which I wrote last week. I'd spent more than 4 days writing it. FML
Today, I pulled an all-nighter to finish an essay. I submitted it one minute before the deadline. Later, I opened the file to double-check and realized I'd uploaded my rough draft, containing notes like “THIS PART MAKES NO SENSE, FIX LATER.” The professor then replied, “I agree with your assessments.” FML
Today, I found out that my ten-page paper, which has taken me two months to construct perfectly and is worth 30% of my grade, was on the wrong book. It’s due tomorrow. FML
Today, after pulling an all-nighter on an essay, I submitted it one minute before the deadline and felt like a genius. Later, I reopened the file and discovered I'd uploaded the rough draft instead of the final version. The last line ended with “fix this later,” which was not my finest academic work. FML
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RichardPencil 32
"Being wasting?" I have a feeling you're not a viable candidate for a scholarship anyways. You might have a chance if you wrote your application with 3500 emojis. 👨🏻🎓🧠🍔🤴🏻❤️👧🐶💩🐭🥒
Cindy Louise Packer 5
Life lesson 1. Read directions carefully. My hubby is in pain because his pot card application was denied. Want to know why, because he didn’t follow the directions
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Cindy Louise Packer 5
Life lesson 1. Read directions carefully. My hubby is in pain because his pot card application was denied. Want to know why, because he didn’t follow the directions
RichardPencil 32
"Being wasting?" I have a feeling you're not a viable candidate for a scholarship anyways. You might have a chance if you wrote your application with 3500 emojis. 👨🏻🎓🧠🍔🤴🏻❤️👧🐶💩🐭🥒
alex_jaguara 33
You sick bastard! You want him to give the whole world cancer with all those emojis?
RichardPencil 32
You dummy! You don't get cancer from emojis. You get it from 5G. 🤪🤪🤪👻🧠👻
BurnInDemonFire 39
Don't forget OP's poor use of punctuation, and their inability to discern the difference between "words" and "characters".
RichardPencil 32
I didn't want to 💩 on.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Um... well, if it's a longer essay, maybe it's more impressive to the people giving out the scholarships? But since when do college applications go by characters and not words?