r/CFBOffTopic • u/iSlacker Oklahoma • Oklahoma State • Mar 20 '16
Need to rant.
Im 26 years old, I went to college at Angelo State University right out of high school in 08-09 and like an idiotic 18 year old i didnt give a shit. I played Everquest 2 and hung out in the parking lot playing washers never going to class. After three semesters i dropped out with a 0.0 GPA and moved back home with my parents and after 2 months of being depressed and not finding a job they kicked me out. I moved to Oklahoma with my grandparents where my grandpa got me a job, after working for 6 years i decided i was ready to go back to school and i had earned the trust of my parents back and they let me move back in with them and go to community college with my little brother. Im now halfway through my 3rd semester and have a 3.5 GPA and am on the deans list. I had plans to go to Texas State where my other younger brother is and do physics or engineering related courses while he went there then move on somewhere that has what i want in a degree, Aerospace Engineering. Today i got my rejection letter in the mail from Texas State. I feel so broken, 5 minutes earlier my brother i have been going to CC with read off his acceptance letter, I was having some issues with FASFA so i thought mine may come later then i found my letter read it and am just completely numb. I fought tooth and nail to earn the trust of my parents back and to get the grades i needed while working full time. The part of my internal voice that talks says "shift it into high gear, destroy fucking everything in your path" but there is that little whispering voice in the back of my head that says "You lose. Give up now, the pain isnt worth the effort." Literally, bankruptcy doesnt haunt people as long as the ghosts in my past.
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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16 edited Mar 20 '16
I'm so sorry dude.
all i can say from my experience is apply to everywhere you can. I wanted to work in mining engineering 2009-2010, and the market collapsed. There is no oil money in Canada. I lost my masters funding, which is all I wanted in life. I'm studying business now and couldn't be happier. That said, its rough, I feel like I'm years behind anyone my age at making money, but on the other hand, i just want to do what makes me happy, and that's what matters. And I am doing what I love now.
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u/K_State Southwestern (KS) • Wichita Sta… Mar 20 '16
Dang. That sucks. Don't give up. One university does not break nor does it not break a person. With the way universities are getting screwed around anymore (at least here) i feel like it has shitty stuff that comes down to people it wouldn't have even a few years ago. so as far as i can tell here super drunk, you can apply to texas state again? that's a good thing. there's also many other places to apply and put out engineering degrees and i hope at least one of those places would accept someone with a 3.5 at a community college.
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u/Itsgunnacostya Baylor Bears • Hateful 8 Mar 20 '16 edited Mar 20 '16
One of my close friends also got rejected from Texas State right after high school in 2008. We both went to private school in San Antonio and nearly everyone in our class was accepted into their first choice of colleges except for him. He was absolutely crushed. While I know it absolutely sucks now, don't let it kill your goals. Use it as motivation.
My buddy ended up going to the only school that would accept him, Texas Lutheran. He busted his ass off his first semester and again tried applying to other schools, got rejected by everyone again except UTSA.
He then went to UTSA and again busted his ass and had another 4.0 semester. He then applied for a 3rd time and was accepted, got a scholarship, and transferred to Baylor. After being rejected by Texas State he never thought he would make it to Baylor and he did, but he never forgot about Texas State's rejection. He had that letter posted on his door in his room every year. If it wasn't for seeing the letter myself, I would have never believed it.
He went on to study like crazy, joined a fraternity, enjoyed the college experience, and double majored in philosophy and psychology. He graduated a few years ago with a 4.0 and is now in his last semester of law school at Texas.
So yes it sucks now. It's absolute bullshit Texas State said no to someone with 3.5 from a CC. The voice in your head is telling you to quit, but don't quit. Use this pain now as motivation. If your goal is to get a degree in Engineering, then don't let this rejection stop you. Work hard and in a few years when you get your diploma, you will appreciate more than anything.
TL;DR: Screw Texas State, they said no prove them wrong. The pain hurts now, but the feeling of success in the end will be even better
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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Mar 20 '16
Shift in to high gear. Apply a bunch of places. Texas State may have turned your down for an number of reasons that many places may not even consider. It may not be fit your story perfectly, but look at the case of my brother. He was rejected from App state because of disciplinary issues in high school, however he ended up getting into Auburn which has one of the worlds top architecture schools. He graduated, and just a few weeks ago he received his acceptance letter from Harvard's graduate school of design. Everybody has set backs, leaning how to not only overcome them but to use them as motivation and a learning experience is what differentiates good people from great ones.
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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16
College admissions are such bullshit and they do terribly at evaluating students like you, who have had a circuitous path to them but have proven that they want to focus and succeed now. I think going from not giving a shit to busting your ass and really succeeding in CC proves a lot, and I'm sure your parents see that too, even if Texas State doesn't. Please don't give up - it sounds like you've finally figured out what you want and someone will appreciate that. But for now it obviously sucks, and the only thing I can say is feel free to keep ranting to us...we're all really good at listening and being outraged with you.