Girl with 1370 SAT gets in to 5 Ivies

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they just liked her better than the 1550s. Can kinda see why.

Why? Seriously, what from the article is showing you why she was selected?

To 5/7 ivies and waitlisted at 2. She is #6 in the class. SAT is not great. ECs are fine but not amazing. If this same kid's parents posted the info about this same kid but race was missing...what would people have said.

What was her advocacy work that was not up your standards?

It isn’t my standards. It is ivy league standards. I’m am not upset in anyway that she got in. But those stats would not get an unhooked kid denied to zero ivies and into 5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they just liked her better than the 1550s. Can kinda see why.

Why? Seriously, what from the article is showing you why she was selected?

To 5/7 ivies and waitlisted at 2. She is #6 in the class. SAT is not great. ECs are fine but not amazing. If this same kid's parents posted the info about this same kid but race was missing...what would people have said.

What was her advocacy work that was not up your standards?

It isn’t my standards. It is ivy league standards. I’m am not upset in anyway that she got in. But those stats would not get an unhooked kid denied to zero ivies and into 5

You don't even know her advocacy work successes so you cannot really say how strong our application is or is not. If you know what they are, please tell us so we can make an informed judgment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could not read all of the linked article, and hit a paywall when I went back. But based on what I read, she had good grades, about 4.36 GPA and ECs. The colleges saw that the 1370 in SAT probably correlated to family’s SES. Clearly, the colleges that accepted her thought that she had the goods, otherwise she would not have been accepted. These colleges already got their yield and full pay from earlier round of acceptances. Now they can afford to look for other attributes, like her race to shape the class of students. Regardless, congrats to her.

Nope.

She is Black female.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If her parents were educated outside the United States, she’s considered “First Gen”.

“First Gen” is the best hook you can have right now.

That is not the definition of First Gen. They ask where parents went to college. If they went to college - at all - anywhere - that is not considered "FG". They will also look at careers.

I didn't read the article. What are the parents careers?

That’s not true. If her parents went to college outside the US, she falls under “first gen”.

[Anonymous]

So the schools are not obeying the law and still the racial discrimination.

Cut the funding already.

[Anonymous]

A middle class non-first gen Black girl at our school had similar results, admitted to 3 of HYPSM. Her ECs were fine but nothing unusual.

DEI isn't dead, it's just more subtle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her parents were educated outside the United States, she’s considered “First Gen”.

“First Gen” is the best hook you can have right now.

That is not the definition of First Gen. They ask where parents went to college. If they went to college - at all - anywhere - that is not considered "FG". They will also look at careers.

I didn't read the article. What are the parents careers?

That’s not true. If her parents went to college outside the US, she falls under “first gen”.

They went to school in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both of her parents are college educated. She has lots of ambition and potential regardless of her score. I can see her going far. Congrats to her!

Why are we behaving as if this is some accomplishment?

This is the very acceptable UMC, foreign born, married parents kind of Black kid that colleges wants. No one wants an African-American kid from the ghetto who has descended from the slaves in Southern plantations.
But, regardless - all the best to her.

[Anonymous]

The article didn’t mention her SAT score. Where did you get that from, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her parents were educated outside the United States, she’s considered “First Gen”.

“First Gen” is the best hook you can have right now.

That is not the definition of First Gen. They ask where parents went to college. If they went to college - at all - anywhere - that is not considered "FG". They will also look at careers.

I didn't read the article. What are the parents careers?

That’s not true. If her parents went to college outside the US, she falls under “first gen”.

Wrong. We are Asian-American. DH and I have gone to college outside of the US. My kids do not fall under "first gen". All these kinds of accomodations work for every other kids but Asian-American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her parents were educated outside the United States, she’s considered “First Gen”.

“First Gen” is the best hook you can have right now.

That is not the definition of First Gen. They ask where parents went to college. If they went to college - at all - anywhere - that is not considered "FG". They will also look at careers.

I didn't read the article. What are the parents careers?

That’s not true. If her parents went to college outside the US, she falls under “first gen”.

First Gen at Ivies is no college - anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Would it be advisable if you have a rising soph to start some of the same programs but for a white male student? If that is what the Ivy programs are looking for that might be a good hook??

[Anonymous]

there's info about her on IG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her parents were educated outside the United States, she’s considered “First Gen”.

“First Gen” is the best hook you can have right now.

That is not the definition of First Gen. They ask where parents went to college. If they went to college - at all - anywhere - that is not considered "FG". They will also look at careers.

I didn't read the article. What are the parents careers?

That’s not true. If her parents went to college outside the US, she falls under “first gen”.

First Gen at Ivies is no college - anywhere.

Moot, because her parents went to Bucknell and Temple. She’s not first gen under any definition.

[Anonymous]

Ugh. Let it slide. It is one kid. No achievement gap is being bridged in any meaningful way. Colleges also want to pretend to give a helping hand in trying to make a just society and this is one of the few shining example of worthiness they have found in such a huge population in this community is somewhat disheartening.