Rejection: Applying for College Sucks

I might be soiling my classes, but at least I’m in college. Life on the outside is tough. I just watched my best friend’s little brother get rejected from four different schools—all on the same day. It was just one thin envelope after another—like watching a train wreck or something. According to MSN, this year colleges rejected a record number of applicants, so don’t feel too bad if you didn’t get into your reach school.

By CC Staff

Even safety schools are getting more selective. Miami University in Oxford, Ohio saw a record number of applicants this year, only admitting 73% of them, down from 78% last year. First of all, why the hell is there a Miami University in Ohio to begin with, let alone one that rejects people? Has the world gone mad?This whole thing is getting out of hand. Not only obscure schools are getting more applicants, elite colleges also received a record numbers.

Dartmouth College, a place near and dear to my heart, had a record number of applicants 14,176 and only accepted 2,165—its lowest acceptance rate in history. This means I’m going to be bombarded with a freshman class full of whiz kids when I come back in the fall. Do you know how annoying those kids are in class? It’s tragic. I hope these perfect academic specimens won’t waste their Wednesday nights studying instead of playing beer pong…

What’s the deal with this whole rise in applications thing anyway?

1. More kids are graduating from high school instead of dropping out, making babies, and getting swank fast-food and construction jobs

2. There are more international students and college recruiters have even started going abroad to promote their colleges. These kids are crazy smart.

3. Remember the Common Application? That genius piece of paperwork that let you fill out one application and sent it to all the school on your list. Well you fools have been filing 10, 15, even 20 applications sending the numbers through the roof. I know, it’s not your fault. I would have done it too if I hadn’t applied early.

So what’s a girl to when faced with odds like this?

Start looking at schools earlier, be realistic about your odds, and most importantly don’t be too heart-broken if you don’t get someplace like Princeton because chances are most people didn’t get in either. And if you think about it, how much fun would it be to go to school with kids who have been padding their resumes since they were out of the womb? College rocks, don’t stress too much about were you get in.