Today, I found out that I was denied for work study eligibility by my college. I went to my financial advisor to ask why. It wasn't my grades or attendance. Apparently my father makes too much money for me to get a job at the school. My dad was fired 3 months ago and has been out of work since. 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, my father's company shut down his branch, leaving him without a job. This is followed by a letter from my school's financial aid office, saying I'm not getting a penny because my family's income level is too high. 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, my dad said he can't go to my graduation because he has to work. He got fired a month ago. FML
Today, I got a notice in the mail saying I had been fired from my job. My dad's the boss, who I happen to live with. FML
Today, I was offered a job that pays far more than I expected, being a high school senior. My parents decided they aren't letting me take the job, saying I should enjoy my childhood. They're also not paying for my college, which is why I was looking for work in the first place. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. I worked for my parents. FML
Today I was fired from my job. They fired me because they couldn't work around my college schedule. The only reason they hired me was because they were looking for college students and without a job I can't go back to school. 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 realized that my father's weekly unemployment check is more than my bi-weekly pay check. My full time job pays less than my father's unemployment. FML
Today, my mom cussed at me because I denied my struggling cousin a job at my company, and now it's my fault he and his family will suffer and starve. He was fired from his former job as a payroll officer, and is now blacklisted. Over 30 people got zero on payday, as he later went Living La Vida Loca with his "bonus". FML
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4ube_fml 6
Schools take information for the year before.
DameGreyWulf 1
Isn't there something legally you can do about that?
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Comments (59)
funnyfml 0
First!
Nightfallz 0
Retard
redbluegreen 41
How does your girlfriend feel about being first? Oh wait.
funnyfml 0
Pretty good: she wrote it ;-)
redbluegreen 41
Your hand doesn't count as another human being. Sorry.
DameGreyWulf 1
Isn't there something legally you can do about that?
lonelycheese15 0
I went through the same thing, so I went to the financial aid office and filled out a special circumstances form. They then send it to FAFSA, get you more aid, and let you do work study. It's a pain and it doesn't always get you exactly what you need to cover the whole thing, but it helped.
kellyyo 0
i had to do a special circumstance form as well, after i was initially denied one at my financial aid office. it takes a lot of work and a lot of phones calls, but its worth it. also you can get a lot of jobs without having work study...i barely know anyone who has work study. you'll just get a crappy job but you gotta do what you gotta do...
regalarius 0
I've had to report special circumstances too. A short letter and a shorter form was all that was required from me in the end.
MorlekEngel 0
Exact same happened, I have my own child so in the eyes of my goverment I am a seperate family, though I love with my parents ATM. But, when I applied to college the only way I could go was with a grant. Because my dad drives a taxi, and the department if education is the only one that sees me as part of my parents family still, they refused as he can not prove his income. Though my parents pay for nothing for me. It's completely ****** up.
laleyla 0
creative way of pronounciation... you're sure you are going to college?
star_ver 0
How can you hear pronounciation through text, moron? Choice of word fail.
tubaguy42 0
It's pronunciation, not pronounciation.
summerboy18 0
When I was little, I used to eat cat biscuits. And my best friend was a hair brush.
brand125 17
ummmm ok???
caancoha 0
Oh, man. I'm afraid this is going to happen to me.
wtfismyfml 0
so either your dad is working in secret or the school has the wrong information. your choice
youaresofucked 0
Your dad must be a hardcore Drug dealer
4ube_fml 6
Schools take information for the year before.
emmye_fml 0
Sorry, but I just don't even feel bad. Welcome to the the life of many Americans for the past 3 years. My dad was out of work for 2 years during college, but because of his pension, we still make too much for work-study. Plus, the past 3 months do not factor into your FAFSA. I say FYL because you have NO IDEA how bad other people have it and you clearly have no idea how the financial aid cycles work. Go get an off-campus job like the rest of us had to, and quit bitching.
chronicwanker 4
so what. tell them that infact he is unemployed, show them his paperwork and problem solved. jeezuz