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Weiss gained notoriety for her viral 2013 op-ed in ”[[The Wall Street Journal]]”, where as a senior at Taylor Allderdice High School she complained that she had not been rejected from four Ivy League universities.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=2013-04-02 |title=College rejection op-ed in WSJ goes viral: Fair criticism or sour grapes? |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/02/tv/college-rejection-op-ed-in-wsj-goes-viral-fair-criticism-or-sour-grapes |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiss |first=Suzy Lee |date=2013-03-29 |title=Suzy Lee Weiss: To (All) the Colleges That Rejected Me |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324000704578390340064578654 |access-date=2025-09-15 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-04 |title=Is ‘being yourself’ enough to get into college? |url=https://theweek.com/articles/465868/being-yourself-enough-into-college |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Edit |first=0 |date=2025-09-01 |title=Rejection brings fame to Pittsburgh Allderdice senior |url=http://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rejection-brings-fame-to-pittsburgh-allderdice-senior/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The piece received mixed reactions, with Kira Goldenberg writing for the [[Columbia Journalism Review|”Columbia Journalism Review”]] that “It was irresponsible for the WSJ to let a teen create a search history she could end up regretting”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldenberg |first=Kira |title=College rejection clickbait |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/suzy_lee_weiss_wall_street_jou.php |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-11 |title=Stop Complaining About The Colleges That Rejected You |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/suzy-lee-weiss-wall-street-journal_b_3062517 |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gachman |first=Dina |title=Suzy Lee Weiss and the Age of Entitlement |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dinagachman/2013/04/03/suzy-lee-weiss-and-the-age-of-entitlement/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |date=2013-04-12 |title=Suzy Lee Weiss: You Don’t Know Squat! |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/04/12/suzy-lee-weiss-you-dont-know-squat/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Yale Daily News |language=en}}</ref> Others characterized the op-ed as an accurate commentary on the “hypocrisies and absurdities” of the college admissions process, while noting the lack of a “fallback” college option.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-04-05 |title=Ms. Weiss’s Rejection Is Hardly an American Tragedy — Letters to the Editor |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323296504578397232546926810 |access-date=2025-09-15 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>