Money: Today, I found out I won a 20 000 dollar scholarship. After celebrating...

By stillpoor - 14/03/2009 13:44 - United States

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

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By Anonymous - 28/07/2009 22:27 - United States

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

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By Whoneedsgradschool - 20/04/2017 20:00

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

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By RektForLyfe - 25/07/2016 03:32 - United States - Wickliffe

Today, I was accepted to the college of my dreams. Then I checked the address. Turns out, the letter was meant for my neighbor. I was actually denied. FML

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By Noname - 09/03/2009 02:48 - United States

Today, I went to an Honors Convocation for my school. I received a letter a few weeks earlier telling me I received an award. Surprised and proud, I invited my family to join me to see what award I was receiving. I couldn't find my name in the program. I was invited by mistake. FML

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By guamfml - 03/06/2009 00:10 - Guam

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

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By 1415926 - 22/01/2015 05:22 - United States

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

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By poor_college_kid - 15/09/2016 12:39 - United States - Tucson

Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML

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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

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By livingamongtheflowers - 15/05/2014 05:40 - United States

Today, I received yet another rejection letter from a college I'd applied to. After crying for a week about how lousy I felt, my older sister gave me all 6 of the acceptance letters she'd been hiding. Turns out she's been forging rejection letters and keeping the real ones in her room. FML

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By Unluckyducky - 19/07/2009 10:11 - United States

Today, I received a letter in the mail stating that I had won a trip to Cancun, Mexico. It looked like a scam so I threw it away. I later found out that it was a birthday present from my cousin and the envelope also contained a check for 5 thousand dollars to help cover some expenses. FML

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musedae 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 20:03

Awww thats horrible!

NorfolkDude 2

Saturday 14 March 2009 20:06

I'm sorry to hear that. This really made me sad if it's true. I really do hope you get the scholarship. Don't stress, there are plenty of scholarships to go around, and you just keep applying and don't stress it.

Comments

lemon_squeezy 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 22:42

wow this is practically making me cry this sucks so much i'm so sorry whoever said 'you deserved that one', please justify, because i'd really like to know why

rawberry22 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 22:48

epic

sbcpunkrocker 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 22:56

You probably got the rejection because your reading comprehension is bad

brodizzle 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 0:12

Maybe you should perform well enough to get into college.

ima_krackerr 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 0:27

#24 you're a ******* prick. OP I'm really sorry this happened to you, that's sucks so so so bad. Don't worry too much about it, try another place maybe you will get a scholarship to another college :)

tomorrowbroadway 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 1:00

#19, I got effed by BU's School of Music, too! They never sent out my decision letter. But then again, I never called to find out either way, because I just didn't want to be bothered with them after that.

iaplc 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 1:59

so lame, dont believe that for a second

SamuraiDeli 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 5:54

#26 - Hey, I go to BU haha

jayhova 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 7:33

sorry buddy but if you can't differentiate between 20 or 30 thousand dollars, let alone your own name...i mean damn. they probably didnt give it to you for a reason, ya dig?

kurasawax9 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 16:57

you guys are assholes. i know the OP in real life and he definitely doesn't deserve this one. he probably wrote 20k or 30k because the amount is dependent on something. and he is a really smart guy too, so stop bringing him down.