This is a compilation of failures. This idea is based on the proposal of Melanie Stefan that we should publish our failures to make people aware things don’t go smooth as they seem. Even though failure became more popular with the silicon valley philosophy of “failing quick and failing fast”, failure still hurts, mainly when we don’t know the reason. Writing a CV of failures can help to understand the reasons when they are not told (that is, most of the time). It also helps other people to know they are not out of place when they fail.
2019 – January
Rejected for Mckinsey Associate position at CV screening
2019 – January
Not accepted at Global Solutions summit in Berlin
2018 – March
Not accepted to the Nuffield School of Medicine for the internship course
2018 – March
Failed at the Saint Gallen essay competition
obs: accepted the previous year, applied again in 2019.
2018 – April
Rejected to the OIST collaborative design workshop
obs: later accepted but couldn’t attend anymore.
2017 – August
Failed at Peter Drucker Forum essay competition
obs: next year tried again and was a finalist.
2015 – Jan
Rejected at the Soft Matter PhD – Durham university UK
obs: first accepted then rejected when they discovered my undergrad grade average was 7.8/10.0.
2010 – Jan
Rejected at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) entrance exam, Biologia
Rejected at the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) entrance exam, Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia
obs: later accepted in 2011 in 14th position at USP and 1st at UFPR.
2009 – Jan
Rejected at Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)entrance exam, Medicine
2008
Rejected at Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) entrance exam, Law
obs: was accepted in the exam 6 months prior.
2007
Rejected at Science fair FEBRACE, project in sociology
obs: accepted in 2009.