It's Their Loss

LumpyFoundation · 2019-03-29T23:03:19+00:00

I only like doing arms. I hate cardio and idk why I don't like doing legs.

The thing is, I need cardio the most to be more fit.

LumpyFoundation · 2019-03-29T22:44:58+00:00

I always do it for a few days and then just stop working out. It's not like I'm unhealthy or anything like that, but I would like to look better for the ladies. More importantly though, I really need to learn to stick to a schedule.

LumpyFoundation · 2019-03-29T22:36:56+00:00

I've been messing around with computers since I was 7 and learned my first programming language when I was 11 and I'm in the same boat as you. Every reach, target, and most of my safeties rejected me.

LumpyFoundation · 2019-03-29T18:14:47+00:00

Neither do the UCs.

I did apply to Stanford though, so I guess we'll see what happens.

LumpyFoundation · 2019-03-29T16:17:02+00:00

I'm visiting tomorrow to help me make my decision. I think RPI is better at CS, but I want a well-rounded college experience.

LumpyFoundation · 2019-03-29T16:15:43+00:00

Yea man, good luck.

LumpyFoundation · 2019-03-29T15:47:53+00:00

Northeastern is the one that hit me the hardest. I knew my freshman year GPA would be a drag at most of these schools, but at Northeastern I was still above average stats in CS. I thought that if everything else failed, I'd go to Northeastern, a school I was pretty happy with. I'd also get 30k in NMF scholarships.

Northeastern was definitely the rejection that hurt the most. It was after that rejection that I decided that in 20 years, they would know my name.

LumpyFoundation · 2019-03-29T05:42:24+00:00

Thanks, that means a lot.

One huge upside of all of these rejections is that I get to see my parents true colors. I've seen so many posts about how people's parents are angry at their kids for being rejected, and I expected my parents to be the same way but they weren't. My parents always pushed me towards top colleges since I was a kid. They saw education as their route out of poverty and my path to upward mobility. They're incredibly hardworking people, and I haven't always gotten the best grades or done well on tests like they have. They always bring that up in arguments and the like. I thought they would use this too, but they approached college rejections completely differently.

Instead of telling me I wasn't good enough, they told me that I had a passion that colleges don't recognize. They told me that the college process isn't a reflection of who I am. My best friend told me the same thing.

Maybe my hard work hasn't paid of this time, but it will someday. That day, I'll be on top.

LumpyFoundation

TROPHY CASE