Everyone's joking about the 'old-fashioned' ways they got into college
Everyone has a different experience applying to colleges.
Some take the traditional route by working hard in high school, studying for standardized tests, and writing a thoughtful essay, while others leave their educational fate in the hands of their parents.
After news of a college admissions scandal broke on Tuesday, many people were compelled to reminisce about the "old-fashioned ways" they got into college.
The scandal involved dozens of parents — including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Louglin, who reportedly shelled out a lot of money to ensure their students were accepted to colleges. But that's not how people got into college in the good old days.
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In response to the scandal, delightful "I got into college the old-fashioned way" memes were born.
Now, Twitter users are revealing the many ways in which they got accepted to universities — from embracing a whole lot of financial debt and writing a kick-ass essay, to settling for not-so-great schools and having sex with the SAT test itself.
I got into college the old-fashioned way (covering myself in sugar, bitters, and whiskey with a little ol’ orange peel hat)
— Jamison Webb (@jamisonwebb) March 12, 2019
I got into college the old fashioned way: by letting my father’s celebrity speak for itself.
— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) March 12, 2019
My parents couldn’t bribe anyone to get me into college. I had to get in the old fashioned way pic.twitter.com/52kAsHuP8h
— RICKY (@Rickyisms_) March 12, 2019
Really proud today that I got into college the old-fashioned way: by having sex with the SAT
— Kat Rosenfield (@katrosenfield) March 12, 2019
I got into college the old fashioned way. Begging the financial aide office for more money and getting into debt.
— Maxwell Blaze (@jakery1627) March 13, 2019
i got into college the old fashioned way: by accidentally attaching a link to stevie wonder’s isn’t she lovely on my common app to six schools
— Adrienne (@adrienneunderwd) March 13, 2019
i mean, i got into my university the old-fashioned way: centuries of white privilege making it way easier for me to do everything i needed to get into college
— Michael Gold (@migold) March 12, 2019
I got into college the old fashioned way - reliving past trauma in a 500 word essay.
— Jill J Biden (@JillBidenVeep) March 12, 2019
my parents got me into college the old-fashioned way, by putting me into severe lifelong debt
— Dan Kapr (@danhasjokes) March 12, 2019
I got into college the old fashioned way: by going to art school who will pretty much take anyone willing to pay the tuition
— Josh Hara (@yoyoha) March 12, 2019
Back in the day you got into college the old fashioned way; you bought a building!! pic.twitter.com/MLsZMifTi6
— Sean (@SeanWats) March 12, 2019
I got into college the old fashioned way, smoking a bunch of pot in highschool and just applying to medium okay places.
— Noah Garfinkel (@NoahGarfinkel) March 12, 2019
I got into an elite college the old-fashioned way: I worked a summer job and pinched pennies to get my own bribe money. Kids today are so spoiled.
— Dan McQuade (@dhm) March 12, 2019
I got into community college the old-fashioned way. I drove down there, smoked a cigarette outside the admissions office along with every single other student there, then went in and cut a check.
— Chris C. Davis (@ChrisDavisCW) March 12, 2019
I got into college the old-fashioned way: By ruining my teenage years with a nervous breakdown.
— Julius Sharpe (@juliussharpe) March 12, 2019
I got into college the old-fashioned way: by submitting my Galaxy Quest fanfic as supplemental material.
— Helen Shang (@helenshang) March 12, 2019
Shoutout to my mom who got me into a college I probably didn’t deserve acceptance to the old-fashioned way: by subjecting me to nightly vocab flash cards for years on end
— Matt Gallagher (@MattGallagher0) March 12, 2019
can’t believe these students got to bribe their way into college meanwhile i had to do it the old-fashioned way: by working hard and sucking dick
— jen merritt!!! (@jennifermerr) March 12, 2019
I got into junior college the old fashioned way: by them accepting everybody. https://t.co/Y5t2sKgMXa
— Aaron (@TheSarcasmShow) March 13, 2019
I got my boys into college the old fashioned way: I nagged them about their grades.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) March 13, 2019
Okay well some of us got into college the old fashioned way, by not going
— debbyryan (@DebbyRyan) March 13, 2019
Oh how the times have changed.
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