Overjoyed
Today, I got a letter from Yale Law School saying I got a 4 year full scholarship. I called my dad crying and read the whole thing… even the bottom of the letter, which said, "April fools' ! Love, Mom and Dad." FML
Today, I got a letter from Yale Law School saying I got a 4 year full scholarship. I called my dad crying and read the whole thing… even the bottom of the letter, which said, "April fools' ! Love, Mom and Dad." 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 received my acceptance letter to one of the most prestigious universities in the US, as well as a nice scholarship. I was so proud of myself, I eagerly showed my dad, hoping he would shed a tear or two. His only words were, "Just get a job so you can get the hell out of my house." FML
Today, my mom called and told me I got accepted to my first-choice college. I got really excited and asked her to read me the letter. As she started to read it, she said, "Oops... uh, nevermind." FML
Today, I found out that my dad, thinking it was an advertisement, threw away a letter from the college I applied to. FML
Today, I was cleaning my father's study room and wondering why I did not receive my acceptance/rejection letter from a college I really wanted. I found the acceptance letter, on his desk, also approving of a full scholarship. The deadline to confirm was a month ago. FML
Today, I got a large envelope from a college I applied to earlier. My mom, expecting big news, made my family gather round as I opened it. It ended up being a letter of rejection from not just that school, but all three campuses of the state college. FML
Today, my parents gave me a letter they'd forgotten about since late last year. In it was a $30,000 scholarship to a local master's program with an application due date of two weeks ago. FML
Today, I found out I won a 20 000 dollar scholarship. After celebrating with my family by jumping around the room for a half-hour, we realized it was addressed to someone else with the same last name. When we called to tell her, she said it was weird because she had received my rejection letter. FML
Today, I excitedly told my mom how I got accepted to the master’s program of my dreams. She decided now would be a good time to proudly repeat for the millionth time how she gave up a full ride to the Ivy League to marry my father, and I ought to be a "good woman" and do the same. FML
Today, I got my acceptance letter from Harvard University. Yay! Unfortunately, I sent it as a joke, never thinking I'd get accepted and I have absolutely no way to get there, or the money to pay for it. 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
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miniluda12 12
That's crossing the line for an April Fool's joke.
NickaPLZ 26
Wow, it must've seemed legit enough to be a real document which tells me they put a lot of time into it... And for that, I'm not sure if they're awesome or assholes.
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Comments (146)
iShanny 13
Law school doesn't even last four years...
doodlecloud 27
Surely that depends on the course? I'm doing a teaching degree and I've seen 1, 3 and 4 year courses. In any case, I think OP would've been too excited upon reading the words 'accepted' and 'scholarship' to think to scrutinise too much.
musicluvr2000 11
Thank you dear #25 for clearing up our confusion.
EMTchic 14
Just because it said a "full four year scholarship" doesn't mean that the entire program only lasts four years. It just means that the first four years are paid for in full. That is WAAAY different than saying that the entire program is only 4 years long.
Obey_StudBoii 23
You obviously don't know anything about University College or Community College. Do your research next time before you have the urge to say something that isn't true or will mislead other's.
cbobrob 3
law school lasts 3 years. that is the standard length of full time law school programs in America. a few schools do part time 4 year programs. Yale is not among them.
barrk12 8
Community college has nothing to do with Yale Law, which by the way doesn't last four years.
theevileconomist 2
Accredited law school (JD) programs like Yale's all have a normative time of three years. All of them. An accelerated two-year JD program has become trendy over the past few years. There are no four-year-plan JDs in major schools like Yale's.
miniluda12 12
That's crossing the line for an April Fool's joke.
LebanonBaby 26
Totally agree ! My tears of joy would have turned to tears of shock !
ihaveFMLfeverr 5
Some people just go way too far.
bandofsand 10
Law school is three years.
annihil8or 15
Or tears of anger.
Jaxx66 21
2- I agree with you completely. I think some jokes are amazingly planned. (Like googles new 'smell' site. Or WoW's evil patch notes) But such a life changing thing would be absolutely crushing. I'm so sorry OP. I hope that you can get them back good around Christmas. Say.... A bunch of paperwork for the home you're putting them in?
AKGirlinSD 20
118, my favorite Google pranks were the emailing with your hands into a camera using Google's made up sign language and the 3D only one eye patch. This FML prank went way too far. Shitty parents. OP, next year, imply that you're stripping or a hooker to get by because you didn't get any scholarships to a school. Let them believe it for days, if not weeks ;-).
gabby98 1
Just tell them "pay backs are hell"
Chucklikesbacon 12
Oh my god! That sucks, I am so sorry OP! I can't believe your parents did that.
cartedor 18
Very cruel
EsotericBrent 29
If OP wants, he or she can print out a fake paternity test under the name of his/her father, a random woman (preferably from college, or work) and give it to the mom to open saying "something came in the mail for dad" Actually, that could end badly. Depends how bad OP wants to get the parents back.
Chucklikesbacon 12
#121, That might seem rather hard at first, but comparing it, to what the parents did to him, they sort of deserve something like that. As long as its clear afterwards, that it was to get them back.
ash1rose 11
That's not cool at all. I'm so sorry OP :(
M3DIC4T3 29
That's just crossing the line, to fool you like that. To be less hurtful your parents should've chosen a community college or something, so it's not such a humongous let down.
NickaPLZ 26
Wow, it must've seemed legit enough to be a real document which tells me they put a lot of time into it... And for that, I'm not sure if they're awesome or assholes.
acetl87 12
^you typed too much. I got ADHD ain't nobody got time fo' dat!
hienzburgess 9
well you certainly got time to write stupid comments
ArcticFoxMan 9
Nice
AKGirlinSD 20
42, you wasted our time by posting your awful comment and the rest of us reading it.
Arokthis 21
Asshole. No "awesome" about it.
mopipony 10
Hahahaha funny as helll
heinous966 15
I concede with number sixteen. This comment gives me the desire to rip off my jaw and feed it TI a skunk whilst slowly rubbing my forehead against a large tree.
mopipony 10
#27 calm the hell down dick. I thought it was funny sorry if i offended anyone
mopipony 10
Ok?
Obey_StudBoii 23
#10 That's rude.
ThatGuyRory 9
I really don't see what the fuss is all about. Yeah, it was cruel, but her life hasn't exactly been ruined. It was pretty funny too
mopipony 10
Exactlyyyyyyyy
gc327072 31
*slaps everyone in this thread with a fish* STOP SHITPOSTING!!
Spring13 12
jeez #36 calm down. why get all worked up because someone thinks it's funny. that's their problem, what's that too you. unless this happened to you I get it....
plaguer 26
I'm just guessing 16's mommy never taught them it was just fine for somebody to have a different opinion than them. Throwing personal insults at someone just because you disagree is ridiculous.
buckeyed 20
thats when you tell them youre divorcing them as parents, sans the "april fools." start planning for next year!
jessmeatsix 5
bless ya!
youllnvrkno 8
Some pranks just go too far, even for it being April Fools Day. I'm sorry OP.