College Rejection Quotes

I got accepted at Yale but never went.

When I was 18, I applied to go to BYU like my six brothers ahead of me - I have eight boys and one girl in my family.

I knew out of high school I didn't want to go to college. I knew what whatever I did wouldn't have anything to do with college.

All the people who can't get into Michigan go to Michigan State.

I didn't apply to any colleges - I lied to all my friends and told them I was going to UCSD, because all their parents would be like, 'Mark, where're you going to college?' and I'd just lie 'cause I felt it was unrealistic to be an actor.

Underestimating grades has serious consequences for a student's choice of university, and their future.

I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

My college options were nil.

I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.

The whole college process for musical theatre majors is much different than others. The school sort of chooses you! Everyone knows which schools are the top schools and what tier each one is in. So if you get into a good school, you put it on your resume, and you already have a great reputation when you get to New York.

How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end up at her third or fourth or fifth choice? Probably much less than you think.

My senior year of high school, I got into UCLA, but my family couldn't afford it.

I kept going to different colleges, but dropped out.

I wanted to get out of Ashland, and I thought it would be pretty cool to go to school in the East. So I asked my guidance counselor what Ivy League schools were. And I applied to Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth - that was it. My guidance counselor told me I wouldn't get into an Ivy League school. So as my act of resistance, that's all I applied to.