David Hogg just got into Harvard

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Anonymous wrote:It’s so funny to see how this kids success hurts supposedly grown adults. You just can’t help yourselves. Sad!

I agree! It’s pretty pathetic, really.

I read last week that Ariel Winter (Alex on Modern Family) got into two Ivys and is attending UCLA. Also that her mother neglected her and she never attended school, and never really got an education, period. (Yes. I am guilty of being really bored at the doctors office). Of the many things she is (and I don’t actually know that much about her), mental heavyweight or even spectacular actress does not seem to come in at the top of the list, based on watching a couple of seasons early in its run and reading an article about her. But two Ivy League schools thought she added something to their class. And there was almost no uproar that I saw about her acceptance.

The problem isn’t undeserving. I suspect Ariel Winter was undeserving. I know Jared Kushner was. The problem is social activist (for some) and SATs 300 points lower than my kid’s (for others).

To those on the right— get over it. A kid whose politics you disagree with succeeded. You may disagree with him. You may not like his personality. But he accomplished something by getting a million kids to march against guns and getting gun laws changed. You know it. I know it. Harvard knows it. And you look petty insisting his accomplishments are Fake News. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

To those whose kids didn’t make the EA Ivy cut— get over it. Like many tiger moms on here, I also have a kid at TJ. And next year, he will almost certainly not be getting into an Ivy either. To begin with, we are donut hole and can’t afford it. Also, he’s pretty solidly top half, but not top quarter of his class. He is a great kid. He has worked incredibly hard. He “deserves the best” (in my eyes at least). And he will go to a great college and be fine. Saying some other kid doesn’t “deserve” Harvard is petty and unbecoming. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

Nothing like the intersection of Ivy League Admissions and political activism to bring bring all the petty little bitches out to snipe on DCUM.

I agree with what you're saying. However, will you (all of you, not just you, PP) be as gracious if a conservative activist kid with similar stats is accepted to an Ivy? Doubtful.

I thought conservatives looked down on Ivies. Why would one want to go there?

Conservatives look down on anyone who considers Ivies to be the end-all, be-all of college education. It's a silly stereotype to say conservatives somehow have disdain for higher education. It's the liberal echo-chambers, in which no voices but those of liberals are allowed to be heard, that are looked down upon. Middlebury comes to mind.

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Anonymous wrote:The syntax of his tweets and his vernacular suggest a teen who doesn’t read, at all, and he has the writing ability of a bright 7th grader. I’m not being hyperbolic. It says a lot that someone so average would even have the gall to apply to Harvard. A true opportunist squeezing every last drop from a local tragedy. And obviously it’s a joke he was admitted.

Judging someone's writing ability based on twitter has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

And yet that seems to be the favorite pastime of liberals here on DCUM when it comes to Trump.
-DP

Trump has offered no evidence of his intellect to the contrary.

The point still stands. Pages of threads have been written here, focused only on a misspelling from his Twitter posts. It's beyond immature and silly.

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Anonymous wrote:The syntax of his tweets and his vernacular suggest a teen who doesn’t read, at all, and he has the writing ability of a bright 7th grader. I’m not being hyperbolic. It says a lot that someone so average would even have the gall to apply to Harvard. A true opportunist squeezing every last drop from a local tragedy. And obviously it’s a joke he was admitted.

Judging someone's writing ability based on twitter has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

And yet that seems to be the favorite pastime of liberals here on DCUM when it comes to Trump.
-DP

Trump has offered no evidence of his intellect to the contrary.

The point still stands. Pages of threads have been written here, focused only on a misspelling from his Twitter posts. It's beyond immature and silly.

Just like Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s so funny to see how this kids success hurts supposedly grown adults. You just can’t help yourselves. Sad!

I agree! It’s pretty pathetic, really.

I read last week that Ariel Winter (Alex on Modern Family) got into two Ivys and is attending UCLA. Also that her mother neglected her and she never attended school, and never really got an education, period. (Yes. I am guilty of being really bored at the doctors office). Of the many things she is (and I don’t actually know that much about her), mental heavyweight or even spectacular actress does not seem to come in at the top of the list, based on watching a couple of seasons early in its run and reading an article about her. But two Ivy League schools thought she added something to their class. And there was almost no uproar that I saw about her acceptance.

The problem isn’t undeserving. I suspect Ariel Winter was undeserving. I know Jared Kushner was. The problem is social activist (for some) and SATs 300 points lower than my kid’s (for others).

To those on the right— get over it. A kid whose politics you disagree with succeeded. You may disagree with him. You may not like his personality. But he accomplished something by getting a million kids to march against guns and getting gun laws changed. You know it. I know it. Harvard knows it. And you look petty insisting his accomplishments are Fake News. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

To those whose kids didn’t make the EA Ivy cut— get over it. Like many tiger moms on here, I also have a kid at TJ. And next year, he will almost certainly not be getting into an Ivy either. To begin with, we are donut hole and can’t afford it. Also, he’s pretty solidly top half, but not top quarter of his class. He is a great kid. He has worked incredibly hard. He “deserves the best” (in my eyes at least). And he will go to a great college and be fine. Saying some other kid doesn’t “deserve” Harvard is petty and unbecoming. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

Nothing like the intersection of Ivy League Admissions and political activism to bring bring all the petty little bitches out to snipe on DCUM.

I agree with what you're saying. However, will you (all of you, not just you, PP) be as gracious if a conservative activist kid with similar stats is accepted to an Ivy? Doubtful.

I thought conservatives looked down on Ivies. Why would one want to go there?

Conservatives look down on anyone who considers Ivies to be the end-all, be-all of college education. It's a silly stereotype to say conservatives somehow have disdain for higher education. It's the liberal echo-chambers, in which no voices but those of liberals are allowed to be heard, that are looked down upon. Middlebury comes to mind.

Hmmm. I wonder who dreamed up the 'elitist' label.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The syntax of his tweets and his vernacular suggest a teen who doesn’t read, at all, and he has the writing ability of a bright 7th grader. I’m not being hyperbolic. It says a lot that someone so average would even have the gall to apply to Harvard. A true opportunist squeezing every last drop from a local tragedy. And obviously it’s a joke he was admitted.

Judging someone's writing ability based on twitter has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

And yet that seems to be the favorite pastime of liberals here on DCUM when it comes to Trump.
-DP

Trump has offered no evidence of his intellect to the contrary.

The point still stands. Pages of threads have been written here, focused only on a misspelling from his Twitter posts. It's beyond immature and silly.

I have ADHD and am terrible with typos and spelling. If I was POTUS, I would damn sure have one of the hundreds of people who worked for me triple proof anything I sent out. I don’t GAF that he can’t spell. It bothers me a lot that he is the president of the frigging country and can’t be bothered to have someone proof his correspondence. Because when he looks ridiculous, the country looks ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The syntax of his tweets and his vernacular suggest a teen who doesn’t read, at all, and he has the writing ability of a bright 7th grader. I’m not being hyperbolic. It says a lot that someone so average would even have the gall to apply to Harvard. A true opportunist squeezing every last drop from a local tragedy. And obviously it’s a joke he was admitted.

Judging someone's writing ability based on twitter has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

And yet that seems to be the favorite pastime of liberals here on DCUM when it comes to Trump.
-DP

Trump has offered no evidence of his intellect to the contrary.

The point still stands. Pages of threads have been written here, focused only on a misspelling from his Twitter posts. It's beyond immature and silly.

Trump's twitter is pretty unhinged. It's not just a lapse in grammar.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s so funny to see how this kids success hurts supposedly grown adults. You just can’t help yourselves. Sad!

I agree! It’s pretty pathetic, really.

I read last week that Ariel Winter (Alex on Modern Family) got into two Ivys and is attending UCLA. Also that her mother neglected her and she never attended school, and never really got an education, period. (Yes. I am guilty of being really bored at the doctors office). Of the many things she is (and I don’t actually know that much about her), mental heavyweight or even spectacular actress does not seem to come in at the top of the list, based on watching a couple of seasons early in its run and reading an article about her. But two Ivy League schools thought she added something to their class. And there was almost no uproar that I saw about her acceptance.

The problem isn’t undeserving. I suspect Ariel Winter was undeserving. I know Jared Kushner was. The problem is social activist (for some) and SATs 300 points lower than my kid’s (for others).

To those on the right— get over it. A kid whose politics you disagree with succeeded. You may disagree with him. You may not like his personality. But he accomplished something by getting a million kids to march against guns and getting gun laws changed. You know it. I know it. Harvard knows it. And you look petty insisting his accomplishments are Fake News. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

To those whose kids didn’t make the EA Ivy cut— get over it. Like many tiger moms on here, I also have a kid at TJ. And next year, he will almost certainly not be getting into an Ivy either. To begin with, we are donut hole and can’t afford it. Also, he’s pretty solidly top half, but not top quarter of his class. He is a great kid. He has worked incredibly hard. He “deserves the best” (in my eyes at least). And he will go to a great college and be fine. Saying some other kid doesn’t “deserve” Harvard is petty and unbecoming. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

Nothing like the intersection of Ivy League Admissions and political activism to bring bring all the petty little bitches out to snipe on DCUM.

I agree with what you're saying. However, will you (all of you, not just you, PP) be as gracious if a conservative activist kid with similar stats is accepted to an Ivy? Doubtful.

I thought conservatives looked down on Ivies. Why would one want to go there?

Conservatives look down on anyone who considers Ivies to be the end-all, be-all of college education. It's a silly stereotype to say conservatives somehow have disdain for higher education. It's the liberal echo-chambers, in which no voices but those of liberals are allowed to be heard, that are looked down upon. Middlebury comes to mind.

It's not a stereotype. https://news.gallup.com/poll/216278/why-republicans-down-higher.aspx

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Anonymous wrote:It just proves there's affirmative action for social justice warriors, because he certainly didn't get in based on academic merit.

How did you get access to his academic records and application/ essays/ recommendations not know this?

His reddit handle, thus comment history, was exposed a while back. On it he posted during last admissions cycle about being disappointed with his SAT score and crummy 9th and 10th grade marks. His dream school was Cal or UCLA, which he knew he had little chance of being admitted to.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It just proves there's affirmative action for social justice warriors, because he certainly didn't get in based on academic merit.

How did you get access to his academic records and application/ essays/ recommendations not know this?

His reddit handle, thus comment history, was exposed a while back. On it he posted during last admissions cycle about being disappointed with his SAT score and crummy 9th and 10th grade marks. His dream school was Cal or UCLA, which he knew he had little chance of being admitted to.

Oh so he was doxed. Fabulous.

In any case he managed since 10th grade to demonstrate character and leadership qualities which are valuable to top colleges.

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WHY THE CONTROVERSY AND ANGER?!

Holy hell, a kid who survived a mass shooting got into Harvard. What is wrong with that?! Why are you haters so fricking upset?!

It is insane - truly insane - that you care so much and are working so hard to denegrate this kid!

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Anonymous wrote:WHY THE CONTROVERSY AND ANGER?!

Holy hell, a kid who survived a mass shooting got into Harvard. What is wrong with that?! Why are you haters so fricking upset?!

It is insane - truly insane - that you care so much and are working so hard to denegrate this kid!

Upset? No. Look at what you wrote: " A kid who survived a mass shooting". Is that adequate criteria for entry into Ivies?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It just proves there's affirmative action for social justice warriors, because he certainly didn't get in based on academic merit.

How did you get access to his academic records and application/ essays/ recommendations not know this?

His reddit handle, thus comment history, was exposed a while back. On it he posted during last admissions cycle about being disappointed with his SAT score and crummy 9th and 10th grade marks. His dream school was Cal or UCLA, which he knew he had little chance of being admitted to.

Oh so he was doxed. Fabulous.

In any case he managed since 10th grade to demonstrate character and leadership qualities which are valuable to top colleges.

I agree that the Ivies look for leadership quality. The question is whether or not they look for leadership qualities across the board, or just with causes they support. Private institution, their choice, I agree, but they will also take heat for those choices. Appropriately.

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Anonymous wrote:WHY THE CONTROVERSY AND ANGER?!

Holy hell, a kid who survived a mass shooting got into Harvard. What is wrong with that?! Why are you haters so fricking upset?!

It is insane - truly insane - that you care so much and are working so hard to denegrate this kid!

Agree. I just had a Christmas card from a woman lamenting that her daughter only got into the third ranked engineering school in the States but has done very well as a freshman. I felt sad for this very bright young woman.

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Anonymous wrote:WHY THE CONTROVERSY AND ANGER?!

Holy hell, a kid who survived a mass shooting got into Harvard. What is wrong with that?! Why are you haters so fricking upset?!

It is insane - truly insane - that you care so much and are working so hard to denegrate this kid!

Upset? No. Look at what you wrote: " A kid who survived a mass shooting". Is that adequate criteria for entry into Ivies?

According to libs it is THE criterion for entry. lol

Then Ivies should accept many serving in the military, too, and I bet some have higher SAT scores than Hogg.

fly-by-night

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Anonymous wrote:It’s so funny to see how this kids success hurts supposedly grown adults. You just can’t help yourselves. Sad!

I agree! It’s pretty pathetic, really.

I read last week that Ariel Winter (Alex on Modern Family) got into two Ivys and is attending UCLA. Also that her mother neglected her and she never attended school, and never really got an education, period. (Yes. I am guilty of being really bored at the doctors office). Of the many things she is (and I don’t actually know that much about her), mental heavyweight or even spectacular actress does not seem to come in at the top of the list, based on watching a couple of seasons early in its run and reading an article about her. But two Ivy League schools thought she added something to their class. And there was almost no uproar that I saw about her acceptance.

The problem isn’t undeserving. I suspect Ariel Winter was undeserving. I know Jared Kushner was. The problem is social activist (for some) and SATs 300 points lower than my kid’s (for others).

To those on the right— get over it. A kid whose politics you disagree with succeeded. You may disagree with him. You may not like his personality. But he accomplished something by getting a million kids to march against guns and getting gun laws changed. You know it. I know it. Harvard knows it. And you look petty insisting his accomplishments are Fake News. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

To those whose kids didn’t make the EA Ivy cut— get over it. Like many tiger moms on here, I also have a kid at TJ. And next year, he will almost certainly not be getting into an Ivy either. To begin with, we are donut hole and can’t afford it. Also, he’s pretty solidly top half, but not top quarter of his class. He is a great kid. He has worked incredibly hard. He “deserves the best” (in my eyes at least). And he will go to a great college and be fine. Saying some other kid doesn’t “deserve” Harvard is petty and unbecoming. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

Nothing like the intersection of Ivy League Admissions and political activism to bring bring all the petty little bitches out to snipe on DCUM.

I agree with what you're saying. However, will you (all of you, not just you, PP) be as gracious if a conservative activist kid with similar stats is accepted to an Ivy? Doubtful.

I thought conservatives looked down on Ivies. Why would one want to go there?

Conservatives look down on anyone who considers Ivies to be the end-all, be-all of college education. It's a silly stereotype to say conservatives somehow have disdain for higher education. It's the liberal echo-chambers, in which no voices but those of liberals are allowed to be heard, that are looked down upon. Middlebury comes to mind.

It's not a stereotype. https://news.gallup.com/poll/216278/why-republicans-down-higher.aspx

Your link actually agrees with what the PP said. Read your link, it says "Republicans down on colleges cite politics, agenda, what is taught". As you can see, Republicans do not have disdain for higher education, but rather the liberal political echo-chamber that many colleges have become.