By crushedsoul - 05/11/2015 21:34 - United States - Baltimore

Today, I attended my school's special invitation-only awards ceremony, relieved that I was getting a much-needed scholarship. I watched all my friends go up and win scholarships. In the end, I only got a certificate for doing well on the PSAT. My whole family showed up for this. FML
I agree, your life sucks 23 985
You deserved it 1 985

Same thing different taste

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I guess your family members PSAT through it for nothing.

amileah13 26

Geez. Thy could have warned you what award you were getting beforehand! But hey, I hope your parents were proud of you though. You did accomplish something that some people (like me) have a hard time trying to pass.

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bad_boyfriend 10

What kind of shitty school would invite you to an awards presentation and not tell you what award you are getting?

If you crushed it on the PSAT, you can get scholarships, just might take a little more work in applying for them. Have a meeting with your school's college counselor.

The forum/letter didn't say what it was for? That seems like a case of laziness or everyone got the same letter

narla_hotep 9

Hey, depending on how well you did, you might still be eligible for National Merit! I got that in high school and the application itself wasn't hard, you just have to get a comparatively good score on the SAT and write a few short essays. The hard part is getting a good enough PSAT score to even be considered.

Sandman2015 12

Okay, did you take the SAT? Because the PSAT means **** all.

I skipped my graduation and got an award I was not aware I was getting, I told them I wasn't coming and apparently they still called my name several times lol, still got the scholarship money though

being from a different country, what is a PSAT?

here's a link explaining http:// www.edonline.com/collegecompass/psat.htm

Preliminary SAT, it's like a practice version of the SAT

Same thing happened to me, but instead of a certificate, they gave me a white cord and a handshake. I would have rather not attended the event at all Lol

You might've been awarded national merit scholar which happens to be rare and very impressive and will get you many scholarships from around the country.