<p>OP: So what have you actually done? What did you enjoy? What do you want from life? That’s your start.</p>
<p>It sounds like a combination of things happened. You were nervous and not prepared for her questions. You had exaggerated on the brag sheet, and were caught out in it and panicked. You left without telling her the actual facts.</p>
<p>Your GC is there to help you. You should email and say you feel like you didn’t tell her the whole and accurate story, and would like to have another appointment. Then go back and explain fully what the internships were and weren’t to her. She isn’t going to put the bad stuff in your rec letter – but she might be able to draw some good parts out of your honest conversation to help with the letter.</p>
<p>Email her today and ask for another appointment before she sends your letters off. </p>
<p>So next time you have an interview, prep for it. Look over the material the interviewer will have for you and try to anticipate what they will ask you. Be prepared to explain anything in those materials. If you get asked a question in an interview you can’t answer straight away, don’t panic. Ask for a moment to think about it so you can tell your story properly. Don’t exaggerate on your resume or application.</p>
<p>Why on earth did you lie/exaggerate or whatever you call it. If anything, I suggest that you email the guidance counselor, apologize, send a correct and honest updated questionnaire, and ask for a second chance at an interview. Let him/her know that you panicked and how you regret how you handled things and would appreciate a second chance to do it right.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth…you’re a lively and funny writer…I could really feel your pain/humiliation in that situation…so you have that going for you. 
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<p>^^^^^^^^^^^ I second that statement<br>
@SouthernHope </p>
<p>Hmm. I think you did learn something from your job shadowing experiences — just not what you were expecting. For example, you learned how important it is to clearly explain in lay terms a complex business/process. Focus on that type of learning. You might want to read a bunch of “tales of nutty but true disaster” travel stories, or “true behind the scenes” job memoirs (so many of which are hysterically funny), to see how wacky real adult life is.* Armed with that POV, you’ll see how valuable each and every experience you have is and pick up a way of speaking about them. My two cents. </p>
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<li>(example) Michael Lewis’s book Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World (2011).</li>
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<p>Practice interviews, btw. It really helps is you videorecord them too. </p>
<p>@SouthernHope @thegrant why do you think he’s a funny writer. he seems like a plain person to me. just wondering.</p>
<p>@toesockshoe It was real kind of humor i like, comical like i was reading Moby Dick or something </p>
<p>OP would do better to read Walter Scott than Moby Dick.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. There is always CC.</p>
<p>@Requin what do you mean?</p>
<p>@Requin I’m guessing you were replying to my post. You said “So I wouldn’t be so blithe about implying he should just blow her off.” </p>
<p>Know where in my post did I say to blow the guidance counselor off. I just said to breathe and that it’s OKAY to have a bad interview. Granted it’s not okay to lie, but like I said in the last post re-iterating what has already been said won’t change anything. </p>
<p>Yes, I agree that the OP needs counseling in the college application process, and for that reason alone is why the OP should not blow off the guidance counselor. </p>
<p>OP, like everyone else has said… talk to your guidance counselor again. Explain that you were nervous and ask for a second chance. Your guidance counselor is a great source in this process and you don’t want to lose that.</p>
<p>@livefreenow Walter Scott was a poet. He wrote a lot of famous poetry. One of the most famous bits goes like this:</p>
<p>Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.</p>
<p>I was giving my opinion that you would do well to read that and think about it.</p>
<p>I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that this kind of stuff goes on, but I gotta tell you, the more you explain the more disappointed I am. You are lying. You aren’t just exaggerating - because on the Common App, when you list that “internship” and that “shadowing” it asks you how many weeks and how many hours per week. Will you be honest and put ONE DAY. 20 minutes? This is absurd. Your guidance counselor caught you in these lies. Right now, you can probably expect her to be honest in her letter – so your only hope at this point is to go back in, tell her you blew it, you have now realized that your “exaggerations” aren’t the right way, and ask for her assistance in how to communicate these activities appropriately. Be honest not just with her, but on your Common App as well. Karma can bite you in the butt later so be really careful. This experience was just one taste of bad karma. Don’t lie.</p>
<p>Sorry, I cannot console you. I am very angry to see your posts here.</p>
<p>So…next time, dont lie…dont do those things that every single person in the reply section is telling you not to do…so now, just look past it. Trust me. Look past it and never look back at that moment. Itll help. </p>
<p>You want us to console you after the fact, why?</p>