oseirus Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 It's not lies anymore. It's reality. that's how I'll make my mark! Historical reality shows! See the fight between Washington & Lincoln on tonight MTV Cribs presents: Livin Large in Da White House! jerzygrl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orst11 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Just the other day, I received a rejection via snail mail and my friend says, "oh well, pittsburgh was too far away anyways," but it didn't end there they also said, "you already got accepted somewhere else so who cares". The program was my first choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cokohlik Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Just the other day, I received a rejection via snail mail and my friend says, "oh well, pittsburgh was too far away anyways," but it didn't end there they also said, "you already got accepted somewhere else so who cares". The program was my first choice. Doh!! That's awful. I'm sorry about your rejection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orst11 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 ^Can't win them all. Maybe I need to just re-evaluate who I choose as friends, LOL. filipa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oseirus Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 ^Can't win them all. that has been my best line ... I think these should be turned into cards that you can hand out to folks just to further rub the salt in gaping wounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future MSW Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 "Wait... why are you getting your Masters in Social Work if you did your undergrad was in Economics?" "Why do you want to be a Social Worker?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane0218 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 "So.... you're going to be a professional student, huh?" -Fiancee's dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmStudiesGeek Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 "Who wants to learn about movies?!" -- my grandmother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oseirus Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 "well I guess you can finally be a doctor ... just wish you had stuck with the math then you could be a real doctor" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahBsarah Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 "Ailinna, you're already [X] years old, that's not very young, you know. By the time you finish grad school, you'll be [Y] years old, and no one will want to marry you. You'll end up alone and childless. You should get married first and think about grad school later." Also, I get the "Oh, I'm sure you'll get in EVERYWHERE, you're BRILLIANT" line a lot. But only from people who dropped out of community college and have no idea what they are talking about. Lynne88 and MastersHoping 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahBsarah Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Oh, and this: Them: So you're applying to grad school? Me: Yes, I'm applying to X, Y, and Z [top name schools which accept only the best of the best and require years of immaculate preparation]. Them: Oh, well my [neighbor, friend, boyfriend's sister] applied to [local no-name nothing school], and they got in and are just loving grad school. So I'm sure you'll do fine! Me: facepalm Them: Oh, here, let me give you their email address, I'm sure they have tons of great advice for you. Stacy Hill, MastersHoping, TropicalCharlie and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanie.ms.antunes Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 "Wait... why are you getting your Masters in Social Work if you did your undergrad was in Economics?" "Why do you want to be a Social Worker?" The same thing happens to me all the time, because I didn't get my undergrad in Social Work either. Also, people often confuse Social Worker with Social Service Worker and go...."You know you could have just went to college for a year to do that....you're wasting your money" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Deckard Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Here's a good one: "You're studying math? What's 2+2?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oseirus Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Here's a good one: "You're studying math? What's 2+2?" Answer: ... "here's my fist! in your face! now tell how many fingers did I use?" ....and scene! snes, R Deckard and crazygirl2012 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sansao Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 From the $12/hr tech support pseudo-friend: "Geology? Is that even science? What are you gonna do with that... tell a miner where to dig?" -Well, I might, but more than likely I'll just identify a nice perched aquifer in which to hide your body, a$$hole. alicejcw, Secret_Ninja, v834 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazedandinfused Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 "how could you be rejected? You're the smartest person I know!" Perhaps, but that says more about you than it does about me....... intirb and Secret_Ninja 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semester Photon Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 One thing I got which made me really depressed was: "If you don't get it, it's only because there's something even better out there for you." The person meant well, but I was, like, exactly what is that? Does this mean there is something better out there and I just spent *ridiculous amount of time* agonizing over this decision and it's details? trina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostfire Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Upon my rejection from Cornell. "You didn't want to deal with New York winters anyway." *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semester Photon Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Oh one I almost forgot when people hear I'm applying to University of Hawaii (one of my safeties), "Oh, that's awesome! I would love to live in Hawaii! I hope you get in there!" Um... thanks, now if only you could show that kind of enthusiasm for my first choice... Lol. Or, "Why do you want to go to school X more than Hawaii?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinguisticMystic Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 "You want to get your PhD? I thought you already did that." - my grandma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semester Photon Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Here's another gem, from my well-intentioned mother: "I knew someone who got his Ph.D. online when he was in his fifties, so maybe you could do that if you don't get in this year!" Annoying at the time. Hilarious now. Lol. I totally relate. When I told my mom that I wanted to go to grad school in mathematics, she was like, "Can't you do that online?" Then she sent me emails for online schools (in which the closest was a a program in mathematics education.) Thank you, Mom, but my programs of interest don't really have an online version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oseirus Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Newest one: after finding out that my Dad went to one of the schools I applied to for undergrad and grad someone asked me, "well you're a shoe-in since your dad went there" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenePony Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 "You want to get your PhD? I thought you already did that." - my grandma Must be a grandma thing, mine thought I was going for a PhD (no, that was your son, like 30 years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oseirus Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Must be a grandma thing, mine thought I was going for a PhD (no, that was your son, like 30 years ago) :: sigh :: I wish I had that luxury smeagoly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeful1234 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 "You'll get in, they want your money." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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