Meme Thingy
So, Levitatethis tagged me for this. I post one entry every day for a week; starting today until next Monday. So, here we go...
So, I am from Michigan. I was raised my entire life with the knowledge that I was going to study at The University of Michigan. And now, I can't. Not the way I always thought I would.
It's partially my own fault, but the blame mostly falls on my school counselor. I trusted her, as the majority of other students in my school did, to send in my college application after I'd filled it out. I did so, back on October 10, 2008. I later found out she didn't send it out until the end of the month, missing the early enrollment date for U of M. She also somehow forgot my ACT Scores and my transcripts. (My other applications went through without a hitch, although my transcripts were forgotten for MSU, but that was a quick fix...)
So, I had them resent. U of M still didn't get them. So, I personally resent them, which actually cost money because I had to call the ACT headquarters... Anyways, by the time the University received them, it was too late. I was put into the huge pile of 'late' applicants. And because of this, the school filled up before I was able to be accepted. And I would have been accepted, no doubt about it. My grades are good enough, my ACT score is a little below their average, but they said I was good enough to be accepted. They just don't have enough room.
They offered to put my name on a waiting list, but the woman I talked to said not to get my hopes up, that there are hundreds others on the list, some with better scores than mine. She was just being honest, I don't fault her for it, but it still dashed my dreams. Not only that, but the cost to be on the waiting list is over 200 dollars. That's money my family does not possess at the moment.
I can't afford to wait either. The scholarships I'm trying out for require a chosen school by May 1st, and I really need them. In the end, I have to go for my second option. Michigan State University. Don't get me wrong, it's a great school... But it's not the one I've wanted to attend ever since I can remember.
It doesn't help that one of my friends is going to U of M and though he's better at math than I am, I'm more intelligent in everything else. I'm also a hell of a lot more mature (seriously, he can be such a petty jerk. I admit I'm a little petty too, but he goes after people if they are wearing an odd colored shirt for Christ's sake!)
I deserve to go to U of M more than he does, as arrogant as that sounds. He does too, sure, but... Uh, pardon me, I'm being a little selfish here. I've worked my ass off for years to get there and now...
Fuck, I feel like crying. As if all of my hard work was for nothing. I should have sent in my applications myself, just to make sure, but at the time, paying to have my ACT scores sent was not nearly as appealing as the school sending them for free. My mistake, I know it. But the school has been doing this for years, and it just has to be this year that they fuck up. It's not just me that was screwed, a couple other kids were as well.
It's just so unfair... To all of us, not just me.
I want the people responsible for this to burn for it. I really do. I'm hurting enough as it is, I think I've been punished for my bad judgment, but that bitch... She'll never really understand how much she screwed up my - our - lives. That was her fucking job and she didn't do it; at the cost of our futures. And it wasn't her alone. The secretary definitely had a hand in it, since she's the one who makes sure the applications are all properly prepared.
I know I can transfer to U of M my second year, but it's the principle of the thing. Not to mention it's so friggin hard to get in there if you're already in a different college. The standards sky-rocket and I also won't be allowed the freshman experience. I won't know anything about the college, I'll be walking blind again. And I wanted to go to one university for four years, and I wanted that university to be U of M.
... Y'know, life just sucks right now. The only good thing about it is my mom is making me garlic broccoli, one of my favorite foods, to help cheer me up. Yum.
I hope everyone is having a better life. If not, then you're not alone and I wish you good luck.
So, I am from Michigan. I was raised my entire life with the knowledge that I was going to study at The University of Michigan. And now, I can't. Not the way I always thought I would.
It's partially my own fault, but the blame mostly falls on my school counselor. I trusted her, as the majority of other students in my school did, to send in my college application after I'd filled it out. I did so, back on October 10, 2008. I later found out she didn't send it out until the end of the month, missing the early enrollment date for U of M. She also somehow forgot my ACT Scores and my transcripts. (My other applications went through without a hitch, although my transcripts were forgotten for MSU, but that was a quick fix...)
So, I had them resent. U of M still didn't get them. So, I personally resent them, which actually cost money because I had to call the ACT headquarters... Anyways, by the time the University received them, it was too late. I was put into the huge pile of 'late' applicants. And because of this, the school filled up before I was able to be accepted. And I would have been accepted, no doubt about it. My grades are good enough, my ACT score is a little below their average, but they said I was good enough to be accepted. They just don't have enough room.
They offered to put my name on a waiting list, but the woman I talked to said not to get my hopes up, that there are hundreds others on the list, some with better scores than mine. She was just being honest, I don't fault her for it, but it still dashed my dreams. Not only that, but the cost to be on the waiting list is over 200 dollars. That's money my family does not possess at the moment.
I can't afford to wait either. The scholarships I'm trying out for require a chosen school by May 1st, and I really need them. In the end, I have to go for my second option. Michigan State University. Don't get me wrong, it's a great school... But it's not the one I've wanted to attend ever since I can remember.
It doesn't help that one of my friends is going to U of M and though he's better at math than I am, I'm more intelligent in everything else. I'm also a hell of a lot more mature (seriously, he can be such a petty jerk. I admit I'm a little petty too, but he goes after people if they are wearing an odd colored shirt for Christ's sake!)
I deserve to go to U of M more than he does, as arrogant as that sounds. He does too, sure, but... Uh, pardon me, I'm being a little selfish here. I've worked my ass off for years to get there and now...
Fuck, I feel like crying. As if all of my hard work was for nothing. I should have sent in my applications myself, just to make sure, but at the time, paying to have my ACT scores sent was not nearly as appealing as the school sending them for free. My mistake, I know it. But the school has been doing this for years, and it just has to be this year that they fuck up. It's not just me that was screwed, a couple other kids were as well.
It's just so unfair... To all of us, not just me.
I want the people responsible for this to burn for it. I really do. I'm hurting enough as it is, I think I've been punished for my bad judgment, but that bitch... She'll never really understand how much she screwed up my - our - lives. That was her fucking job and she didn't do it; at the cost of our futures. And it wasn't her alone. The secretary definitely had a hand in it, since she's the one who makes sure the applications are all properly prepared.
I know I can transfer to U of M my second year, but it's the principle of the thing. Not to mention it's so friggin hard to get in there if you're already in a different college. The standards sky-rocket and I also won't be allowed the freshman experience. I won't know anything about the college, I'll be walking blind again. And I wanted to go to one university for four years, and I wanted that university to be U of M.
... Y'know, life just sucks right now. The only good thing about it is my mom is making me garlic broccoli, one of my favorite foods, to help cheer me up. Yum.
I hope everyone is having a better life. If not, then you're not alone and I wish you good luck.