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
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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 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, 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, I received a rejection letter from a college that I'd applied to 6 years ago. 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, when taking a group picture with my closest friends, a passing parent congratulated us on getting into the same university for next year. She's wrong. They're all going to Cambridge, except for me. I was rejected. FML
Today, I got an offer to study at a good university. My father has been pushing me to apply for years, so I ecstatically broke the news. Instead of congratulating me, he just grunted and delivered the more important news that he's divorcing my mum. Moment ruined. FML
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
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, I got 3 different rejection letters mailed to me from the same college. FML
Today, I was walking with a friend to tell him how excited I was for college and even motivating him to apply for the same school, until I found out later that I got rejected. FML
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Top comments
vonstrangle 0
That must be equally embarrassing for him.
kaset_j 0
Obviously you assumed you could just get in because your daddy works there and probably didn't try to do well in high school. Your loss.
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Comments (342)
mysecondskin 0
i go to wwu, it's pretty rockin'. but i think no matter where you go the college experience is what you make it. i'm on one of my professors research teams and it's giving me pretty good experience in my major (cell bio).
EnchantedXx 0
I didn't get in either :( .
GoDawgs 0
It's really hard to get into UW lately. My best friend has been applying to transfer every quarter and has yet to get in. Gotta say though, you have nobody to blame but yourself. There's always Wazzu, they'll accept just about anyone.
MACthizz 0
**** what everyone else is saying Your dad should be able to get you in EASILY if any athletic coach can get a student into a college then a person on the board of admissions should too i would beat that ******* ass if i was you
Fire_Ice_Aiken 0
Well, there's always WSU. Go Cougs!
MackenzieB 0
OUCH. That really sucks. Your dad probably tried to get you in though, but there's more to it than just that. UW is really hard to get into. It's been getting pickier and pickier these days. I'd love to go, though. Good luck with other schools :)
paulinachka 0
wtf you post a FML every 5 minutes! the FML above this one is by you too!!!
Ohdear1990 0
Um yeah. Legacy doesn't matter unless you yourself have the academic background to support it. Stop acting like you deserved it because of daddy. Plenty of other people without connections worked their butts off to get into UW and thus got the spots.
Ohdear1990 0
And, in response to #95, I go to EWU, but that reminds me of the joke: What's the one thing WSU and UW students have in common? They both applied to UW.
Tipsybeaver 0
#62 and #67, both Central and Eastern are possibly the biggest farces of education in the entire state, and I feel bad for all the paint thinner your moms drank when they were pregnant with the both of you. Honestly dude, you got rejected from a state school pushing 50,000 kids. FYL, because you're obviously an idiot, not because your dad didn't get you in.