Five Ivy League colleges vie for DC student (Banneker HS)

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Anonymous wrote:^^This. He faces a long lonely road ahead. He'll be ostracized for being successful in black skin by other races, he'll be/has been ostracized by other blacks for being to smart and he'll get hazed at the school he chooses for his brown skin. At what point will he be left alone and allowed to succeed.

Not true. Signed an AA Ivy graduate. Although I was never accepted to 5 ivies and don't know anyone of any race who was. Not saying it doesn't happen but it doesn't seem common to me. He'll do well at whatever he chooses and has a bright future ahead of him. I'm proud to see this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^This. He faces a long lonely road ahead. He'll be ostracized for being successful in black skin by other races, he'll be/has been ostracized by other blacks for being to smart and he'll get hazed at the school he chooses for his brown skin. At what point will he be left alone and allowed to succeed.

Not true. Signed an AA Ivy graduate. Although I was never accepted to 5 ivies and don't know anyone of any race who was. Not saying it doesn't happen but it doesn't seem common to me. He'll do well at whatever he chooses and has a bright future ahead of him. I'm proud to see this!

+1 Not AA. He sounds like an outstanding student and will do well in life. Very proud that he is a graduate of a DCPS!

[Anonymous]

+1000 and ^^"bring it!"

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Should I state the obvious? Before even clicking on the link I said he must be a minority. Sad.

I don't understand your comment. Do you think he's not qualified to attend those colleges?

Also of course you knew he was a minority because the title says Banneker high school.

I don't live in DC proper and have never heard of the high school.

This forum is for discussion of DCPS and DC Public Charter schools. If you don't live in DC, I am not sure why this forum would be of interest to you. But, one thing of which I can assure you is that we are not interested in your racial prejudices. If you find the success of a student "sad" because that student is black, you probably need to find another forum.

I live in the VA suburbs and never heard of the school. Sorry I'm not an expert on DC!

I never sad his accomplishments were sad I sad it's sad that they ONLY reason he makes headlines is because of his race.
FWIW I got into 4 Ivies and made no headlines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for the five equally qualified white kids who got rejected so this sob story could play out.

hmm I am willing to bet that a larger percentage of acceptances are taken up by less qualified "legacy" applicants and the relatives of well connected people. Historically, this subset has been predominantly WASP

[Anonymous]

Congrats to them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for the five equally qualified white kids who got rejected so this sob story could play out.

hmm I am willing to bet that a larger percentage of acceptances are taken up by less qualified "legacy" applicants and the relatives of well connected people. Historically, this subset has been predominantly WASP

I came from a legacy family (three generations and multiple admits from each generation) and, despite at least 2-3 quality applicants from our family I was the only one to gain admission. They offered me a $750 scholarship as a legacy (off of the nearly $35K price tag). So it's not what you think. I also choose not to attend because I got into a better school and there would always be the assumption that because I was legacy I got in and not because I was a quality applicant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^This. He faces a long lonely road ahead. He'll be ostracized for being successful in black skin by other races, he'll be/has been ostracized by other blacks for being to smart and he'll get hazed at the school he chooses for his brown skin. At what point will he be left alone and allowed to succeed.

Not true. Signed an AA Ivy graduate. Although I was never accepted to 5 ivies and don't know anyone of any race who was. Not saying it doesn't happen but it doesn't seem common to me. He'll do well at whatever he chooses and has a bright future ahead of him. I'm proud to see this!

I'm not sure what generation you are from, but as a recent grad most of my friends got into multiple Ivies. If you get into Harvard or MIT you'll get in everywhere else too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Should I state the obvious? Before even clicking on the link I said he must be a minority. Sad.

Really? I was very sure he was not Asian (minority).

[Anonymous]

He has already gone through the ringer doing IB in HS. He will be able to handle anything that college throws at him. I hope he has some fun in college because he did not have that in HS for sure.

Life is long and I hope he makes good decisions and has good luck.

Good job, mom!

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Should I state the obvious? Before even clicking on the link I said he must be a minority. Sad.

I don't understand your comment. Do you think he's not qualified to attend those colleges?

Also of course you knew he was a minority because the title says Banneker high school.

I don't live in DC proper and have never heard of the high school.

This forum is for discussion of DCPS and DC Public Charter schools. If you don't live in DC, I am not sure why this forum would be of interest to you. But, one thing of which I can assure you is that we are not interested in your racial prejudices. If you find the success of a student "sad" because that student is black, you probably need to find another forum.

Thanks, Jeff. The kid also got the GW full ride. You don't get all of these offers without being qualified.

Here's my experience in college admissions: being African American is sort of like being class president or editor of the paper. Yes, it helps give you a hook, but if your numbers and recs aren't good, you're not going to get into Harvard etc just because you are black. Plenty of smart hardworking minority kids with good profiles get rejected from ivies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for the five equally qualified white kids who got rejected so this sob story could play out.

hmm I am willing to bet that a larger percentage of acceptances are taken up by less qualified "legacy" applicants and the relatives of well connected people. Historically, this subset has been predominantly WASP

Yup. And I'm a connected WASP. Though, unless your family donated a building, most of the time you still need good numbers to get accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^This. He faces a long lonely road ahead. He'll be ostracized for being successful in black skin by other races, he'll be/has been ostracized by other blacks for being to smart and he'll get hazed at the school he chooses for his brown skin. At what point will he be left alone and allowed to succeed.

Not true. Signed an AA Ivy graduate. Although I was never accepted to 5 ivies and don't know anyone of any race who was. Not saying it doesn't happen but it doesn't seem common to me. He'll do well at whatever he chooses and has a bright future ahead of him. I'm proud to see this!

+1.

I'm not a minority, but my observations having been at elite schools where African Americans tend to be maybe ten percent of the population is that they do just fine socially. Speaking generally, they seem to have an automatic community within the African American community at the school, sort of like an instant frat, plus they make friends of other races outside of that. He will be fine.

[Anonymous]

^^This. He faces a long lonely road ahead. He'll be ostracized for being successful in black skin by other races, he'll be/has been ostracized by other blacks for being to smart and he'll get hazed at the school he chooses for his brown skin. At what point will he be left alone and allowed to succeed.

Ummm, I went to Cornell and this was not my experience, although granted, it is not as "exclusive" of any Ivy as the ones this young man was accepted to. There were other AA students there, and in fact, at the time, an AA living center (dorm) that students could elect to live in (I personally did not).

[Anonymous]

sorry, "exclusive as," not "exclusive of"