1.) When people say, money doesn’t matter or it wouldn’t if I was smart. I can’t even APPLY to schools without sending at least 50$(Baylor not withstanding).
2.) When people say my 1980 SAT score is low because I didn’t try hard enough. My first SAT math score was a 570, I got that up to a 700. You don’t even know what I gave up to study.
3.) That schools care so much about ECs. Sorry I couldn’t be the President of the Math Elite or win a gold medal for a Robotics Team, I was busy studying for my IB/AP classes and working so I could afford to take the SAT and apply to your universities. If I actually did have an hour to myself, I wanted to spend it doing something I actually cared about, not something that looked good to colleges.
4.) That IB/AP classes cost money. 770$ for the full diploma, and that’s a discounted rate my school gives.
5.) That I had no guidance whatsoever from my “guidance counselor” who gave me a “i dunno” when I asked questions.
6.) When people think being a first generation student is an unfair advantage. My parents couldn’t help me with anything. They had no idea. They didn’t even understand why I needed them to fill out FASFA.
7.) “Yeah but your full ride isn’t like a real full ride. Not like I would get.” Whatever protects your ego, mate. Have fun with the student debt.
8.) “Your grades don’t mean the same as mine. I don’t study. If you were smart, you wouldn’t need to study.” In the same conversation, “You’re not smart because you’re lazy, if you worked harder, you’d have better grades.” We both have “A’s”, you idiot.
9.) “They only accepted you because they needed more girls.” Isn’t Psychology a female dominated major anyway? How would my gender matter?
Sorry for complaining so much, venting really helps.