Today, my admissions to my dream university was rescinded and no longer being considered for a $45,000 scholarship. Apparently, the content of my TikTok account does not align with the University’s values. I forgot I have a few videos of me twerking and lip syncing a few profanity-laced songs. 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, I got into my dream university. I also got turned down for the scholarship and the loan that would enable me to actually go. FML
Today, after a lot of effort put into it and finally getting a scholarship, they emailed me saying they can't afford to fund me because they were impacted by the pandemic. I'd already denied other scholarship offers because theirs was the best offer. FML
Today, I was put on academic suspension only to find out my professor entered my grade wrong. I lost my financial aid and have to explain to my parents why I’m not in college anymore. FML
Today, I was accepted to college and received a scholarship equal to almost half the tuition. After sharing this news with my parents, I spent the next 35 minutes getting yelled at about how I wasn't allowed to go there because my boyfriend might go there. FML
Today, I was rejected from the University of Washington. My dad has been a professor there for 30 years, and is on the board of admissions. FML
Today, I received an e-mail telling me the job offer I got last week was rescinded. Apparently, the memes I share on my Instagram page are "tasteless" and don’t fit the company’s values. I forgot my profile is public. FML
Today, I got an email from a Scholarship Program reminding me that they had rejected me 3 months ago. Thanks for reminding me I might not make it to college. FML
Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML
Today, I got an email stating that my scholarship request was denied, 51 days after applying with no response. I'm now forced to drop-out from my college degree because I ran out of money, and I've been unsuccessful at finding a job for two years either, thanks to Covid. FML
Today, I was no longer being considered for the counselor position at a prestigious university because of a social media check. It wasn’t anything on my profile, it was comments I'd made on public posts, laced with profanity and insults towards other commenters. There goes my Christmas. FML
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RichardPencil 32
How did they find your social media? You should have denied making the video saying it's a deepfake created by your enemies. By the way, what kind of tight-ass university kicks out teenagers for being stupid? The point of higher education is to take stupid teenagers and help them become less-stupid adults.
Crowned Sataness 12
painful life lesson in why you don't act like an ass on social media for attention
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RichardPencil 32
How did they find your social media? You should have denied making the video saying it's a deepfake created by your enemies. By the way, what kind of tight-ass university kicks out teenagers for being stupid? The point of higher education is to take stupid teenagers and help them become less-stupid adults.
dreams2383 20
even companies do this when hiring. it's the norm now. anything you put on social media can and will be used against you. don't be an idiot in front of a camera and you won't have this problem
Crowned Sataness 12
painful life lesson in why you don't act like an ass on social media for attention
FluffythePink 23
If you didn't think to sanitise your social media in this day and age then I'm sorry but ydi. You KNOW that it's probably going to be checked. Sad but true.
HouseOfM 8
Yeah that sounds about right. This has been a thing for about the last 20 years. You should, at the very least be aware that what you do online can impact you offline.
OptimalPath 13
That uni sucks like a hoover. Find another one, more comfortable with your socials contests and not trying to spy on you. Their "values" are worse than hardcore-religious.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
This is why you have to be very careful what you put on social media. I know it's your own account and your right to do what you want in your own time, but if you do something stupid, it will always come back and bite you in the butt. This is why I have a separate account for sharing things that would turn away potential employers and the like.