College Rejection
Two panels: college rejection should feel like a shrug at a dating-app swipe, but it actually feels like a rejected proposal.
Transcript
[Left, "How College Rejection Should Feel"] Student (looking at phone): "Hmm. Must've swiped left."
[Right, "How It Actually Feels"] Student holding flowers and a heart, heartbroken.
Content note: Dating-app reference.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-college-rejection/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)