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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG.  No one who reads Michelle Obama's senior thesis can reasonably come away without thinking she deserved to attend an Ivy.   I had no idea it was that bad on virtually every level.

Yes, an Asian or Jewish student with higher SATs and a demonstrated ability to compose an English sentence was more deserving of her place at Princeton.  [/quote]

Wow, I just read the thesis and I think you are way out of line. I'm the Princeton alumn and this does not seem worse than a lot of theses. The expositive portions are clunky but no clunkier than a lot of academic writing. She designed a study, carried out the study and analyzed the results. Probably not worthy of being published in an academic journal but how many undergraduate thesis are. Perhaps you should read some other Princeton undergraduate theses before you pass such judgment. Some are extraordinary. Some are really good. Many are fine. This one was fine.

I think you are working very hard to make the point that she didn't "deserve" her spot. And I agree with the PP who suggested that this thread is a great demonstration of attitudes that persist.
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