Wow, that is a lot of mechanical work; way to go! So good that you're getting to work with your Dad.
The fact that United didn't call you for an interview doesn't mean you're blackballed. If they hired 6 people last week that were interviewed in April, they may be waiting a bit to see how they work out before hiring any more.
"I just can't believe that they'd hold it against someone who put as much time in as I did."
So, don't believe it. The fact that you didn't get called in yet doesn't necessarily mean anyone is holding anything against you. It may just be that having put in those four years doesn't give you an advantage.
You did hate working at United, and you were sick and miserable all the time there, so it wasn't your best chance to retire; you'd never last 30 years in that wretched place. It was your best chance to build up another good pile of savings while you figure out what you really want to do, so now you'll have to make a different plan. Maybe this is actually a good thing, because getting sick again would certainly put a crimp in all your plans.
"they had no problems getting pell grants and state grants. Guessing I'm probably blackballed there too, somehow."
Why would you be? Financial aid departments don't 'blackball' people, except for bad credit, which I assume you don't have.
Nobody has "no problems" getting those grants, whatever they may say on Reddit; it's an absurdly complicated process. If other people with the same numbers as you got the grants, and you didn't get them, the most likely reason is that they were more skillful at working through the red tape.
" there's far too many other questions on aid applications that seem to have nothing to do with ability to pay."
Well, like what specifically? and why do you think they're asking them?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2016-06-01 09:40 am (UTC)The fact that United didn't call you for an interview doesn't mean you're blackballed. If they hired 6 people last week that were interviewed in April, they may be waiting a bit to see how they work out before hiring any more.
"I just can't believe that they'd hold it against someone who put as much time in as I did."
So, don't believe it. The fact that you didn't get called in yet doesn't necessarily mean anyone is holding anything against you. It may just be that having put in those four years doesn't give you an advantage.
You did hate working at United, and you were sick and miserable all the time there, so it wasn't your best chance to retire; you'd never last 30 years in that wretched place. It was your best chance to build up another good pile of savings while you figure out what you really want to do, so now you'll have to make a different plan. Maybe this is actually a good thing, because getting sick again would certainly put a crimp in all your plans.
"they had no problems getting pell grants and state grants. Guessing I'm probably blackballed there too, somehow."
Why would you be? Financial aid departments don't 'blackball' people, except for bad credit, which I assume you don't have.
Nobody has "no problems" getting those grants, whatever they may say on Reddit; it's an absurdly complicated process. If other people with the same numbers as you got the grants, and you didn't get them, the most likely reason is that they were more skillful at working through the red tape.
" there's far too many other questions on aid applications that seem to have nothing to do with ability to pay."
Well, like what specifically? and why do you think they're asking them?