UMC suburban college student lied about background to become prestigious Rhodes Scholar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, my kids have fallen down those padded steps many times. The result: bruised Fanny and a bruised arm. I didn’t take them to the ER because … no serious injury. But my kids are not mentally ill.

Then why did she need ~month in the hospital to recover? Part of it in the ICU?

This is a great question. Why did she spend so much time in the hospital when the injuries didn't warrant it? One has to wonder.

how do you know the injuries didn't warrant one month at the hospital?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, my kids have fallen down those padded steps many times. The result: bruised Fanny and a bruised arm. I didn’t take them to the ER because … no serious injury. But my kids are not mentally ill.

Then why did she need ~month in the hospital to recover? Part of it in the ICU?

This is a great question. Why did she spend so much time in the hospital when the injuries didn't warrant it? One has to wonder.

This would be disclosed at trial, but it won't get that far because Fierceton will back down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, my kids have fallen down those padded steps many times. The result: bruised Fanny and a bruised arm. I didn’t take them to the ER because … no serious injury. But my kids are not mentally ill.

Then why did she need ~month in the hospital to recover? Part of it in the ICU?

This is a great question. Why did she spend so much time in the hospital when the injuries didn't warrant it? One has to wonder.

how do you know the injuries didn't warrant one month at the hospital?

The Rhodes Committee mentioned the claims didn't match the hospital records. For example she said she needed braces but no bones were broken. If we look into this more I believe we will find no evidence that her hair was matted with blood and her facial lacerations made her unrecognizable as she claimed. Basically they didn't believe her and they saw the records.

[Anonymous]

I think the statement of the prosecutor who brought the case against the mom and then dropped it is most damning. He said bringing the charges against the mom was the worst mistake of his career. He concluded that Mackenzie's charges were completely fabricated.

Mackenzie claimed her mom was abusing prescription drugs. A search warrant was issued for them. A search of the home found no drugs at all and there was no other evidence that the mom was abusing drugs.

BTW, the charges against her mom made the front page of the newspaper in St. Louis. The mom was suspended from the hospital and the practice of medicine until they were resolved.

Another young girl was living with Mackenzie and her mom at the time the incident occurred. She said she never saw the mom abuse Mackenzie and never saw any evidence that the mom was using drugs.

Mackenzie's father was an actor who allegedly abused her mom.

[Anonymous]

Adding to the above....

Mackenzie was matched with Penn through Questbridge. In her Questbridge app, she said she feared for her life if her parents found out where she was and therefore asked that no effort be made to contact them. Questbridge honored that request and they weren't contacted.

[Anonymous]

This tweet is 100% spot on. Poor kids, frankly, can't write worth a d*mn. It's not their fault, it's the rubbish schools they have to attend. The private school lifer rich kids not only know how to write exceptionally well, they know how to scam and work the right angles to weasel up the status ladder. Rich kid "tells" are always: well written, crisp and assertive public speaking, and perfect teeth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adding to the above....

Mackenzie was matched with Penn through Questbridge. In her Questbridge app, she said she feared for her life if her parents found out where she was and therefore asked that no effort be made to contact them. Questbridge honored that request and they weren't contacted.

lol. I find it hard to believe a 17 yo cooked all of this up. The mom was probably in on it. Two-bit schemers, common opportunists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the statement of the prosecutor who brought the case against the mom and then dropped it is most damning. He said bringing the charges against the mom was the worst mistake of his career. He concluded that Mackenzie's charges were completely fabricated.

Mackenzie claimed her mom was abusing prescription drugs. A search warrant was issued for them. A search of the home found no drugs at all and there was no other evidence that the mom was abusing drugs.

BTW, the charges against her mom made the front page of the newspaper in St. Louis. The mom was suspended from the hospital and the practice of medicine until they were resolved.

Another young girl was living with Mackenzie and her mom at the time the incident occurred. She said she never saw the mom abuse Mackenzie and never saw any evidence that the mom was using drugs.

Mackenzie's father was an actor who allegedly abused her mom.

If this is true, then Mackenzie is really the talented Ms. Fierceton.

[Anonymous]

And "Fierceton," LOL!

[Anonymous]

As a young child I lived with grandparents rather than my mother as she couldn’t care for us, eventually moved in with her in section 8 housing, then to a nicer (but terrible schools according to dcum) neighborhood when my mom remarried but home life remained chaotic as my stepdad abused drugs and alcohol and they eventually divorced. In other words, while not in foster care my background could be seen as more legitimately difficult than Mackenzie’s. My take in this situation is that Penn’s behavior is far worse than Mackenzie’s. Yes, she may have exaggerated and played the admissions game but clearly she did not grow up in s normal and loving home and the foster system, even for one year at age 16, is a nightmare. I imagine most people up in arms are enraged bc they’re worried about their snowflakes’ lack of compelling sob story. Eff penn and their self-serving poverty porn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a young child I lived with grandparents rather than my mother as she couldn’t care for us, eventually moved in with her in section 8 housing, then to a nicer (but terrible schools according to dcum) neighborhood when my mom remarried but home life remained chaotic as my stepdad abused drugs and alcohol and they eventually divorced. In other words, while not in foster care my background could be seen as more legitimately difficult than Mackenzie’s. My take in this situation is that Penn’s behavior is far worse than Mackenzie’s. Yes, she may have exaggerated and played the admissions game but clearly she did not grow up in s normal and loving home and the foster system, even for one year at age 16, is a nightmare. I imagine most people up in arms are enraged bc they’re worried about their snowflakes’ lack of compelling sob story. Eff penn and their self-serving poverty porn.

Right. And that made for a great essay didn't it? Very canny young lady I think.

[Anonymous]

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/former-st-louis-area-student-loses-rhodes-scholarship-over-false-narratives/article_168d834b-b9d1-5f43-b176-ec039724a0b8.html


In 2014, the Post-Dispatch reported that Morrison had been charged with three counts of child abuse in connection with an incident at the family home. Five months later, St. Louis County prosecutors said they dropped all charges after investigators uncovered new evidence.

New evidence? So the persecutors dropped the case not b/c lack of evidence but new evidence. Interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This tweet is 100% spot on. Poor kids, frankly, can't write worth a d*mn. It's not their fault, it's the rubbish schools they have to attend. The private school lifer rich kids not only know how to write exceptionally well, they know how to scam and work the right angles to weasel up the status ladder. Rich kid "tells" are always: well written, crisp and assertive public speaking, and perfect teeth.

Excellent point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adding to the above....

Mackenzie was matched with Penn through Questbridge. In her Questbridge app, she said she feared for her life if her parents found out where she was and therefore asked that no effort be made to contact them. Questbridge honored that request and they weren't contacted.

lol. I find it hard to believe a 17 yo cooked all of this up. The mom was probably in on it. Two-bit schemers, common opportunists.

No. She's certainly intelligent. I think mental health or sociopathic inclinations will surface, eventually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, my kids have fallen down those padded steps many times. The result: bruised Fanny and a bruised arm. I didn’t take them to the ER because … no serious injury. But my kids are not mentally ill.

Then why did she need ~month in the hospital to recover? Part of it in the ICU?

This is a great question. Why did she spend so much time in the hospital when the injuries didn't warrant it? One has to wonder.

how do you know the injuries didn't warrant one month at the hospital?

The injuries did warrant it. OP is making sh!t up.