Today, I found out that you can’t lie on a college application and say you’re a first time in college student. My application flagged me as a “transfer student” right before I was supposed to be accepted. Apparently, the financial aid office has a tracking system to see where you attended and received aid. 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, after going through months of registration and orientation to transfer to a university, I was told that my application was denied because I didn't meet the minimum credit requirement. You couldn't tell me this before? 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 found out that I was never actually enrolled in the class I've been attending all semester. I guess that explains why I only got $400 dollars in student aid, not the 1,200 they said I'd get. FML
Today, I called the college of my dreams to check the status of my application. Turns out they "never received" copies of my transcripts. They did however cash the $70 application fee that was mailed with them. FML
Today, I learned that the college I'm going to in the fall has been tampering with their ratings on the internet and actually only has a 5% graduation rate. Everything's already been paid for and I can't transfer elsewhere. FML
Today, I went to apply for classes at a college my parents signed me up to do dual credit with. Too bad they used my sister's social security number so I don't get credit for my old classes and my new application got thrown out. FML
Today, I checked my university financial account to discover I owed them over $1000. The reason? They had apparently given me too much money when I applied for a loan and now want it back. Oh, and I spent my loan money on books and a laptop for school. FML
Today, I discovered that when my parents offered to help me pay for college, what they really meant is they would get the forms for me to apply for student loans. FML
Today, I've lied about my grades for three years of high school already and my mom thinks I'm a straight A student. I'm supposed to be going to college in a year. FML
Today, I asked to change my major at the college I'm transferring to in the fall. Instead of letting me change my major, they withdrew my acceptance. FML
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VintageReddress 13
Both financial aid and college entry in general require use of your social security number. Why would you think that wouldn’t be tracked???
J_Free_Woods 29
And you thought that you could get away with it because why? Hate to have to say this but you did it. Lies have a way to bite us in the backside in many ways when we least expect it. That’s kind of why there’s that quote of what a tangled web we weave when we first practice to deceive. ~ Sir Walter Scott.
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RichardPencil 32
They were probably suspicious when you said you were the "valid dictorian" and graduated "zooming cumloads."
VintageReddress 13
Both financial aid and college entry in general require use of your social security number. Why would you think that wouldn’t be tracked???
J_Free_Woods 29
And you thought that you could get away with it because why? Hate to have to say this but you did it. Lies have a way to bite us in the backside in many ways when we least expect it. That’s kind of why there’s that quote of what a tangled web we weave when we first practice to deceive. ~ Sir Walter Scott.
mike3775 39
And now every college you now apply for, will also know that you tried this
dreams2383 20
why lie? that was dumb. everything with your social used is tracked.
bidet 10
Maybe you're not college material.
BurnInDemonFire 39
Forget college, you need to go back to high school.