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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I eagerly applied for a high-salary, fully supportive graduate program that I qualified for. There were 5 steps in the application process. I was turned down after the first one. FML
Today, I found out that the money I spent on a very specific degree was wasted, because apparently, I don't qualify for a job at the place that told me I had to have that degree. FML
Today, I found out I can't enroll in a course I need for my degree. I don't have the right prerequisites. They weren't posted anywhere. The applications for similar courses I could've taken instead have closed last week. I lost a year and a fuckton of money because I waited for the last minute, and now I can't get in. FML
Today, I received a series of rejection letters from jobs, one after the other. Last night, I stayed up into the wee morning hours to apply to campus jobs I'm not qualified for, because I was classified as a part-time student due to an administrative error. FML
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, after meticulously rereading my application, merging references, budgets, academic transcripts and itineraries for an amazing scholarship, I clicked submit, only to remember that the system was on Daylight Savings time, which we don't have in my state! I missed out on $2,500 by 3 minutes. FML
Today, I was supposed to hear back from a major scholarship competition. After months of waiting, during which my parents were convinced I had won, I discovered that my entry had never been received. Apparently the woman I had confirmed with had had a long day, and lied so that she could go home. 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 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
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Top comments
sunnyhill 0
read the fine print!
jadedwaitress 0
YDI figure out all the prerequsites before you spend so long on the application
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Comments (59)
lettertjes 0
Too bad, but of course totally your own fault. Why would you even apply for a scholarship without knowing the qualifications?
sharmen 0
Not funny.
sharmen 0
Disreguard that comment.
ICuDDy 0
Ydi For being Jewish.
perdix 31
I thought the process for applying for a scholarship was: 1) Find out if you are eligible 2) If step 1 is a no, there is no step 2. You sound like the kinda gal who will be baffled by a box of condoms all day long until someone informs you that you have neither a penis nor an erection.
Dylan94_fml 8
epic win^
epoh_fml 0
agreed! :D
bigboey 0
ur sooo blown
youthink_fml 0
Shouldn't that be the first thing you do so you don't, um, waste your time? YDI
Frexual 0
YDI for being a giant retard.
CHEATwithUrMUM 6
lol
Iceman86 0
dylan94 very hott
shadowPlayer 6
Apply anyway. thousands of dollars in scholarships go unclaimed because no one applies