De Reiectione et Acceptione Gueneverae
"De Reiectione et Acceptione Gueneverae"
"Jennifer's Rejection and Acceptance"
Augh:
And apply I did. And then I got interviews. I was flown out, wined and dined, told by department heads how my resume was ten times better than theirs when they were applying to grad school, told how other schools paled in comparison to theirs, told how they can't wait to see me in the fall. I left suddenly believing what those professors had been telling me all of those years. For a rare moment, I felt that I really was smart and hard working enough to belong in Harvard or Stanford. I felt proud of what I had accomplished, that four years of working my ass off and being passionate about science had paid off.
And then I was rejected.
Damn, damn, damn! Augh.
It almost makes you wonder why you even bothered to work so hard for so long. I feel for her.
This is the sort of thing that makes me think that not any graduate program will be accepting me any time soon. And for this reason, I don't think I'll be applying to the Classics departments at Harvard and Stanford.
I actually felt a bit worse when everyone found out, because they were so shocked. My one professor just seemed to share my disappointment, but the other (a Stanford alumni)
Oh dear, but...
Alumnus/Alumna, Jen!
But, um, anyway, it's great that she got accepted by the University of Washington! Let's be happy for her!
"Jennifer's Rejection and Acceptance"
Augh:
And apply I did. And then I got interviews. I was flown out, wined and dined, told by department heads how my resume was ten times better than theirs when they were applying to grad school, told how other schools paled in comparison to theirs, told how they can't wait to see me in the fall. I left suddenly believing what those professors had been telling me all of those years. For a rare moment, I felt that I really was smart and hard working enough to belong in Harvard or Stanford. I felt proud of what I had accomplished, that four years of working my ass off and being passionate about science had paid off.
And then I was rejected.
Damn, damn, damn! Augh.
It almost makes you wonder why you even bothered to work so hard for so long. I feel for her.
This is the sort of thing that makes me think that not any graduate program will be accepting me any time soon. And for this reason, I don't think I'll be applying to the Classics departments at Harvard and Stanford.
I actually felt a bit worse when everyone found out, because they were so shocked. My one professor just seemed to share my disappointment, but the other (a Stanford alumni)
Oh dear, but...
Alumnus/Alumna, Jen!
But, um, anyway, it's great that she got accepted by the University of Washington! Let's be happy for her!