Congratulations! You've been accepted to UCLA--LOL just kidding, loser!

Originally posted in my other blog on April 27 2012

According to ABC news,  UCLA got the hopes up over 894 high school students nationwide who were actually wait-listed. UCLA has apologized because they know what an anxious time it is for students, after all, their future sits at the bottom of a pile.

This kind of reminds me of the movie “Accepted.” for those of you who live under a rock, it’s about a bunch of high school seniors who got rejected from the colleges they applied to, one in particular only applied to Yale because she was so sure she was going to get in. so the main character makes up his own letter of acceptance to a college he made up just so he wouldn’t disappoint his parents.eventually the lie snowballs because the town’s rejects all get accepted and they expect dorms and professors, books, clubs and everything. It’s pretty decent movie. the sub plot involves the main character’s best friend trying to join a popular frat even though the initiation process is degrading–ASK ME ABOUT MY WIENER!!
Anyway It reminds me of that because when you’re that young, you’r dying to be accepted by anyone. and what they did qualifies as a “Mean Girl” prank,accident or not.
I’m aware I watch a lot of movies.

If I were still in high school, waiting for my acceptance letters, and this happened to me, I think I’d become a shut-in. it’s hard enough to know your letter that decides your future can just as easily get lost in the mail, but to have this happen, just makes it that much worse. what could possibly be going through the minds of those kids? Is this the first of many, many, many rejections?

Being wait-listed is better than not being accepted, but it’s basically a sugar coated “maybe.” I think the kids who were actually wait-listed should get more than an apology. They say it was a human error– code for they know who is responsible– and that this is a moment the kids can learn from, like not to go west for college, not to take everything at face value, and to deal with rejection. It turns out, we’re not all special like our moms told us over the years.

we’re special in the eyes of any mom of course, but in the real world, you’re just another name on a never ending list. I guess we all have to learn that sooner or later.
I hope the kids had good back up schools, because if they don’t and really did get wait-listed, they deserve it.

I’m a firm believer that college isn’t for everyone, I guess that’s why they have technical schools and stuff but most of them are federal jobs,(Law enforcement,mechanic, dental associate or some kind of med school related career.) And with colleges, it’s kind of a popularity contest. would you hire the person who graduated from UF or some tech school that have their own commercials that come on during two-and a half-men re-runs?

From what I’ve seen since I’ve started college, people will have the ambition and drive to do what they love, but will always be overlooked because they don’t have the degree yet. I guess that’s what internships are for. but those are competitive, and until then, they get a temp job, and if they’re different from the rest, they won’t get discouraged but how different their lives have turned out.

so, I’ll end this entry with this:
1) Human errors will happen. atleast they didn’t mess with your meds as a baby.
2) the typical college life everyone wants exists in hollywood, where everything is fake anyway.
3) people who have the life that others work their ass off to have should appreciate it more.
4) Life is essentially a popularity contest.