She Got Rejected From Her Dream College, But She’s Upset That Her Spoiled Little Sister Got In
Five years ago, this young woman was devastated when she got rejected from the college of her dreams.
She did get into plenty of other colleges she applied to, and the one she chose to go to in the end provided her with an amazing experience.
Looking back now, she doesn’t regret her choice, even though it wasn’t her dream college. But now that her spoiled little sister got into the college she wanted so badly to attend, she is not exactly happy.
She doesn’t think her little sister deserves to get admitted to such a prestigious school.
“I know that’s a horrible thing to say, but if you looked at my sister’s academic profile and my academic profile side by side, most people would agree that I was the better student when I was her age,” she explained.
“My GPA and standardized test scores were higher by a fairly decent margin. She did take one AP class while I chose to stick to the honors track, but she only got a 60 (which where we’re from is a D-, or to be more accurate, a generous F), and she got a 1 on the AP exam, so I can’t imagine that helped her application much. And we both had very similar extracurricular activities.”
“However (and here’s where I think the big difference comes in, that and the fact that maybe it’s gotten easier to get into this particular university since I was in high school), as I mentioned earlier, my younger sister has always been the golden child.”
Her mom and dad pulled out every single stop to allow her little sister to get ahead in life, but they never treated her the same.
Her parents spent loads of money so her sister could have private tutors and sports coaches. They also bought her sister the latest and greatest laptop for her to do her schoolwork on; and the list goes on.
Adam Calaitzis – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
She never got private lessons in anything, as her parents said she was smart enough to figure things out on her own.
She also only got a new laptop when her old one died and stopped being able to start up. Her little sister has always been the apple of her mom and dad’s eyes, and they never hid that from anyone.
When it came time for her to apply to colleges, her parents did pretty much nothing to assist her and left her all alone to learn how to do it.
Her parents did pay for her college application fees, as she was jobless, but they required her to pay them back.
They never expected the same things for her sister, and they made it their mission to help her get into every college she wanted to.
“They scheduled weekly meetings with her school’s academic counselor, they got all of her coaches and teachers to write letters of recommendation, and they sat with her for hours making sure her application essays were perfect,” she said.
“And now my parents are being completely insufferable about the fact that their precious little angel is going to my dream college. I know it’s not fair of me to resent a 17-year-old, and as I said before, I loved the college I ended up attending, even though it wasn’t the one I originally wanted.”
“I just can’t help but feel like my sister didn’t truly get in on her own merits. She’s always been spoiled, and this was just another example of that. She was handed all the tools to success on a silver platter, she had her hand held throughout the entire process, and it got her a spot at a school that she probably wouldn’t have gotten into if she had been forced to figure things out on her own the way I was.”
What advice do you have for her?
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