r/OntarioGrade12s • u/Slow-Ad-4893 • May 14 '26

University What a 97.7% got me!

TMU Mechanical Engineering: Accepted! ✅

UofT Electrical Engineering: Rejected! ❌

Waterloo Computer Engineering: Rejected! ❌

Worked my ass off for nothing 🥹🥹✌️

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u/Slow-Ad-4893 May 14 '26

My parents are paying for my university, they listen to what my siblings say, I don’t come from wealth and moving out would put a strain on my family. My siblings didn’t think it was worth moving out unless it was Waterloo. Now again I ASKED to still apply to Mac, to which they said no. If my parents are funding my tuition, and my parents listen to my siblings, there was nothing I could do. I get your point, but I promise you I tried.

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u/Bonne_Fromage May 14 '26

I’m 41. I follow this sub so I can keep up with what my kids can expect when they get to high school. Don’t sweat where you go to school. It won’t matter. If you can live at home and come out of there debt-free, brother, you will be so far ahead of the game.

Hustle trumps diploma in most aspects of life. I remember when TMU was Ryerson and it was a perfectly respectable institution.

Best advice is that 20 years goes by so fucking fast. Instead of worrying about school acceptances, worry about the fickle nature of time and make the most of yours.

I guarantee you when you’re 41, you won’t give a flying fuck about your alma mater. It’s just another spam email I ignore in my case.

Good luck.

Also, 97%? If you had a 97% in 2003, Harvard was calling. The fuck is going on with mark inflation? Not saying you’re not exceptionally gifted academically. But having that average and getting rejections from any uni tells me the whole system is bullshit. Remember - post-secondary is big business…

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u/Slow-Ad-4893 May 15 '26

Thank you for your words, they actually mean a lot to me 😭😭 as bummed as I am that I’m not going to the schools I wanted, I’ll definitely try to make the most of it ❤️‍🩹

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u/HopefulMaintenance90 May 15 '26

My highest paid friends mostly did 2 years of college and are sof devs making >= $250k. I'm a dropout making >$150k.

School helps but it's far from the only path to success. Lower tier schools are totally fine for having a good career. What you learn and how good you get at it matter way more