Rejection Resume

A healthy dose of perspective.

Updated as of May 2020. Focused on rejections throughout my four years at college.


Colleges

Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago*, UT Business Honors Program, Yale

Scholarships

Worthington Essay Contest (2016), McCombs SIP Study Abroad Scholarship (2017), Rowe Koehl Travel Award (2017), McCombs Continuing Student Scholarship (2017, 2018) , BP Scholars (2019 – 2020), Canfield Business Honors Program Senior Award (2020)

Organizations

Undergraduate Business Council (2016), Texas Orange Jackets (2017, 2018), Texas Spirits (2017, 2018), Texas Lassos (2018)

Leadership Programs

Accenture Leadership Series (2017), Bain Building Entrepreneurial Leaders Program (2018), Goldman Sachs Women’s Leadership Camp (2017, 2018), Goldman Sachs Pride Summit (2018)

Internships

(Many, many more companies ghosted me. This list is nowhere near comprehensive.)

Sophomore

Academy, Boeing, BP, Buzzfeed, Disney, Facebook, Google, IBM, L’Oreal, Marvel, NPR, Oath, Rothschild, Snapchat, Tumblr

Junior

Adobe, Bain, BCG, Facebook, Google, L’Oreal, Lyft, NASA, Square Root, Twitter

Senior

Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, IBM, McKinsey, PwC, Sense Corp

Graduate Programs

Schwarzman Scholars (Class of 2020 – 2021)


*Was waitlisted. Composed an ode to UChicago to express continued interest. Featuring this opening paragraph:

In my short 17 years, I've fallen off swings. 
I've fallen down stairs. 
Last summer (to my mother's horror), I almost fell off the Grand Canyon. 
But I can definitely say that I've never fallen for anything (or anyone) 
As hard as I've fallen for UChicago.

Also featuring this brilliant stanza (twice!):

Oh UChicago,
Oh UChicago,
I love you so,
Dear UChicago.

Somehow, the admissions office was not persuaded to admit me.