Miscellaneous: Today, I went to see my guidance counselor. I was supposed to...

By Screwed - 03/10/2009 04:37 - United States

Today, I went to see my guidance counselor. I was supposed to hear from my college about a scholarship by October 3rd. I was worried since it was already the 2nd so I went to talk to her. She never turned in my nomination. Goodbye $80,000 scholarship. 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 nsJ - 15/07/2009 16:02 - United States

Today, I got an email from a Scholarship Program reminding me that they had rejected me 3 months ago. Thanks for reminding me I might not make it to college. 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 CollegeBoy - 13/04/2011 13:07 - Canada

Today, my high school guidance counselor tried to convince me NOT to go to college, mainly because it's been so long since someone from my high school went to college, that she got rid of all the college information she used to have. FML

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By Day - 21/01/2022 02:01

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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By effme - 01/06/2010 06:05 - United States

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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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 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 Anonymous - 21/01/2011 00:10 - United States

Today, I called the college of my dreams to check the status of my application. Turns out they "never received" copies of my transcripts. They did however cash the $70 application fee that was mailed with them. FML

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By TooPoorForPrivateUni - 09/10/2016 16:18 - United Kingdom - Mitcham

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

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Saturday 3 October 2009 12:12

Sue

emilysanftwsom 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 12:14

Move to Australia, you hardly have to pay for college here.

Comments

tomakobriefs 11

Saturday 3 October 2009 19:17

Even is she turned it in, doesn't mean you would have gotten it.

babymama1029 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 21:51

that's what i was going to say. don't give yourself so much credit...

conn8500 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 19:22

No offense intended, but I wouldn't worry too much. I used to sit on a scholarship selection board, and my gut says you're not really scholarship material (my initial impressions, even based on a few sentences, tend to be right)... at least not in the league that competes for a scholarship of this size. Not that this will make you feel that much better, but you weren't going to win it anyway, so don't sweat it.

jmeg_fml 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 19:40

Just because you were on one single scholarship selection board at some point in the past for some amount of time doesn't mean you have any idea of what the scholarship that she applied to is looking for or the criteria upon which they're basing their decisions. I agree with you that $80,000 is a huge amount of money and her chances were probably slim based on statistics alone, and perhaps you do have great intuition, but there are so many scholarships out there that are given to students who are of a certain tiny demographic that it would be extraordinarily difficult to pigeonhole her into "not really scholarship material" based on a single paragraph. In other words, why've you got to be a jackass? Guidance counselors are there to help GUIDE you, not **** up along the way. Sure, they're human too, but it's not really her fault that someone else didn't follow through, even if it is an important lesson. It just sucks for her, and there's no need to make her feel worse about it.

conn8500 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 20:17

Oh... don't get me wrong. I'd be angry if I were in her position. I'm just offering a professional hunch. If you don't like it, tough.

SuperSeriouslyFM 0

Friday 17 December 2010 5:20

You used to sit on a scholarship selection board? Something tells me you didn't quit or retire from that job.

your_face 15

Saturday 3 October 2009 19:36

You say she didn't turn in your nomination - was she the one supposed to nominate you, or were you nominated by a teacher, and your guidance counselor was just supposed to send it in? If the counselor was responsible for nominating you, maybe she just didn't think you were worthy of nomination...

dralven 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 19:58

Just because she didn't send in the nomination, does not mean that if she had, you would have received the scholarship. Do you have any clue how many VERY qualified people apply for those? I don't think you would have had that scholarship even if the guidance counselor did send it in.

piano993 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 20:42

Your from NC, if I were you I would go out of state to college. Guidance counselors can be dumb.FYL

spunky_butt 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 20:55

Almost the same exact situation happened with me, only it was my letter of recommendation to my dream school since the age of about six. Not cool at all.

Shelbino24 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 21:20

ok the schools tell you to turn your college acceptance stuff into the guidance office so everything can be turned it at one time and all together. they want to make sure that everything gets sent in time. so it is NOT the OP's fault at all for not sending it herself.. geez i mean come on, it was the stupid guidance counselors JOB... she should be fired. actually she most likely will be if her parents do anything about it