I personally would very likely have felt really sad about being rejected from EAG as well, and knowing this played a role in me not being particularly excited about applying in the past.
A good friend of mine who’s like a role model highly-engaged EA was told a year or so ago by a very senior EA (they knew each other well-ish) that he shouldn’t take for granted being admitted to EAG, which IIRC felt pretty bad for him, as if he’s still not doing “enough”.
Another good friend of mine from my local chapter got rejected from one of the main local community events in Germany due to capacity limitations a few years ago, and that felt very bad to me and IIRC he said he was at least a little sad.
(IIRC the admission process afterwards switched to being fairly inclusive and adding a lottery in case of capacity limitations.)
Damn, that really sucks. :| Thanks for sharing.
Adding my three related cents:
I personally would very likely have felt really sad about being rejected from EAG as well, and knowing this played a role in me not being particularly excited about applying in the past.
A good friend of mine who’s like a role model highly-engaged EA was told a year or so ago by a very senior EA (they knew each other well-ish) that he shouldn’t take for granted being admitted to EAG, which IIRC felt pretty bad for him, as if he’s still not doing “enough”.
Another good friend of mine from my local chapter got rejected from one of the main local community events in Germany due to capacity limitations a few years ago, and that felt very bad to me and IIRC he said he was at least a little sad.
(IIRC the admission process afterwards switched to being fairly inclusive and adding a lottery in case of capacity limitations.)