Did your child get into Harvard, Stanford or MIT? Please post here.

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Anonymous wrote:I laughed when I saw my facebook friend putting his daughter in fencing

Saw some post/report saying it's the easiest sport to get into the ivy league with

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Yup. Totally obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d much rather have my DC learn from/talk to David Hogg than someone who has devoted his or her life to lacrosse or swimming. Who do you think would contribute more to campus life?

A university is a place of learning, not something like a cruise full of "campus life"

You have an extremely narrow view of learning. I'm fairly confident that Harvard has a better sense of what it wants on its campus than a parochial, judgmental shrew like you.

How about Harvard admitting some Black Lives Matter leaders for diversity?

They’re willing to reduce their standards somewhat but not that much.

Uh, Harvard just took in David Hogg who has stats lower than a school just a notch above CC.

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OP: two words: WATER POLO.

Seriously. Good luck.

Just find a relatively obscure sport that those types of schools recruit for, and you are golden.

There’s no free lunch, PP, certainly not for HYPS. Water polo is highly competitive in CA, where the top schools do the bulk of their recruiting for this sport. The last few kids recruited from CA schools were standout stars.

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Anonymous wrote:I laughed when I saw my facebook friend putting his daughter in fencing

Saw some post/report saying it's the easiest sport to get into the ivy league with

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Yup. Totally obvious.

No way. the number of fencing spots open in any given year is miniscule.

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Anonymous wrote:

OP: two words: WATER POLO.

Seriously. Good luck.

Just find a relatively obscure sport that those types of schools recruit for, and you are golden.

There’s no free lunch, PP, certainly not for HYPS. Water polo is highly competitive in CA, where the top schools do the bulk of their recruiting for this sport. The last few kids recruited from CA schools were standout stars.

Agree. A kid on the east coast is going to have a hard time finding the level of competition needed to stand out with all of the west coast players. There just aren't that many teams. It could happen, but it would take extraordinary talent.

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Anonymous wrote:I laughed when I saw my facebook friend putting his daughter in fencing

Saw some post/report saying it's the easiest sport to get into the ivy league with

+1

Yup. Totally obvious.

No way. the number of fencing spots open in any given year is miniscule.

Yep and the vast majority of them go to rated fencers. Hopefully your FB friend got hi daughter started in fencing young since it has become super competitive especially with Asians. Not being racist but the top 8 in most age groups and weapons at national events are Asian fencers.

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Anonymous wrote:I laughed when I saw my facebook friend putting his daughter in fencing

Saw some post/report saying it's the easiest sport to get into the ivy league with

+1

Yup. Totally obvious.

No way. the number of fencing spots open in any given year is miniscule.

Yep and the vast majority of them go to rated fencers. Hopefully your FB friend got hi daughter started in fencing young since it has become super competitive especially with Asians. Not being racist but the top 8 in most age groups and weapons at national events are Asian fencers.

the vast majority? More like all of them and they're all extremely highly rated. Tons of fencers are rated. You probably have to be in the top 50 nationwide to even be considered for a spot. In any given year, in the Ivy League, there may be, at most, 8-10 open spots in any given weapon. The number of schools that have competitive fencing in the US is much lower than other sports.

As far as the Asian comment goes, why does it matter what race or ethnicity is involved? It's not even remotely a true statement in any event. None of the top 8 U19 men's epee fencers are Asian. Maybe 2 of the top 8 foil fencers are Asian. 1 of the top 8 saber fencers for men. On the women's U19, maybe 4 out of 24 are Asian. If you're going to make a comment like that, do some basic research first.

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Anonymous wrote:The year.between he applied to Cal State and now- David Hogg has managed to do within that year what most adults have not. For that, Harvard is the lucky school to get him; not the other way around.

what he do exactly? Has some gun control legislation been passed?

No, but he gave some great partisan speeches and media interviews.

That's leadership, per Harvard.

I completely lost respect for Harvard on this one. I admire Hogg's passion but he seems really immature and completely lacking in self-awareness. In my opinion he is not merely ineffective, but actually a detriment to the cause.

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Anonymous wrote:The year.between he applied to Cal State and now- David Hogg has managed to do within that year what most adults have not. For that, Harvard is the lucky school to get him; not the other way around.

what he do exactly? Has some gun control legislation been passed?

No, but he gave some great partisan speeches and media interviews.

That's leadership, per Harvard.

I completely lost respect for Harvard on this one. I admire Hogg's passion but he seems really immature and completely lacking in self-awareness. In my opinion he is not merely ineffective, but actually a detriment to the cause.

Depends how you define "the cause."

If it is to contribute to gun control and public safety, I agree with you.

If it is to keep some anti-Trump narrative alive. Hogg is perfect for Harvard.