"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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rejected from college...

i am me

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didnt get into any of my top choice schools and im feelin a lil bummed about it...its like working hard all your life, sacrificing your social life a lil bit to get what you really want then not getting it...

ive never asked for any kinda pity but maybe u guys can gimme a few words of advice about where to go from here...
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Falcon

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Well, hopefully you shouldn't be changing your goals. Continue to study what you wanted to study, even if it isn't at the school of your choice. Continue to pursue what you have been pursuing. See this as a bump on the road to your goals. You haven't failed yet until you give up.

This may end up turning into an advantage. Do you feel a bit angry? Use that anger to work even harder, to develop that drive and hunger.

But I feel ya man. Rejection sucks, from women or colleges.
 

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i feel ya man...so many ucs denied me esp ucla and ucberkely both denied me. OUCH! dont know where im heading now...
 

BacardiGuy

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Go to a cheap community college for a year, get good grades, then apply for some scholarships and reapply as a transfer student to the colleges of your choice. Try to do a little research on classes that you can also transfer credit so you can still graduate in 4 years, if that matters to you. I used to work with a guy who was in a similar situation.. he went to a community college for two years, transferred, and then graduated from a good university. He came back one day to show off his brand new Mercedes after getting a job on Wall Street.
 

girl_in_a_boy_forum

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Ouch.

Definitely continue studying. You can go to some other school you got into, study at community college for a year or so...just remember that you can always transfer somewhere else. And who knows, that secondary school might end up being your best fit, where you find out what you're truly interested in, or where you meet your best friends. I hate cliches, but "as one door closes, another one opens."
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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TheHumanist

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You have my sympathies. Though guys, I would tell him to go for community college yet, it sounds like he the type that achieve well in school judging by "sacraficing social life" (though I resent that, it gives such a negative vibe to being studious, people can still have a good social life and still be a top student, hell perhaps better, I noted the more studious ones have friends that are more mature, but this is anecdotal and off topic) and "top-choice" so I would think he still got into some darn good schools or at least his safety.

If not, for academic fall back, I would suggest to look into the forum of college confidential a bit for some ideas along with talking with you guidance conselor.

Most of all, don't give up, there still other ways to get around.
 

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College is overrated.
 

Celadus

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Pay attention to Barcardi's advice. Its cheaper that way. I grew up in Virginia and UVA is a tough school to get into but any knuckle head with a good community college GPA can transfer in pretty easily. Just look for a way to turn a negative situation into a positive one. There's always a way.

Celadus
 

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i got into all 8 i applied to

gonna go to villanova or syracuse
 

BMX

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I got rejected and I go to a community college in virginia. It's not as bad as I thought. I've actually lost 11 pounds since starting and gained muscle/strength, friends and better grades then high school.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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The challenger

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FOOOOOOOOOOL!!!
college is nothing, i just got rejected and have to go to my safety school.
listen, alot of AMAZINGLY succesful people such a DONALD TRUMP and EINSTEIN didnt graduate from a "super good college".
its all about 1 thing, and thats ur drive to achieve

if ur drive is strong enuf, everything else will come to u eventually
 

i am me

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thanks for the advice guys, im takin everything into consideration...its better to jus use it as motivation instead of quitting like some people would
 

The Shocker

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It's tough dude. Sorry to hear. But use it as fuel.
 

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itishe said:
**** school man. Who needs college?
I agree. I wasted a lot of time and money.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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John_Galt

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Entrepreneurship.
 

John_Galt

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Ahh, It's hard to say. When you're self-employed you have tax advantages, and I tie just about everything I can into it. To the governments knowledge, very little. But I own like a 2008 SUV, and have traveled to Europe to do business research(Yes, I wrote it off).
 

itishe

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People now days seem to only view success as a money issue. If you can wake up in the morning and honestly say you're happy then I think you're successful.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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