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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]isn't this what one of the Obama kids did?[/quote]

No.  Malia Obama took a year break, but was admitted for fall the first year.  She just smartly chose to take a year off, because it was 2016 when she graduated HS.  Taking a year off meant her dad would not longer be in the White House when she started college, and I suspect she wanted to enjoy college being a bit more out of the spotlight (or at least as much as you can when you still have secret service agents with you everywhere you go).

And Malia Obama is not a "George W bush" getting into an Ivy by legacy but not really that smart.  She's a smart kid, parents were both top Harvard Law grads.

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Yup I'm sure the name 'Obama' played a huge role.

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I'm certain it did.  However, she had the resume to be competitive even if it were Name Blind application.  The Obama kids are really smart and excelled at school.  They are NOT a GWB situation where he definately only got in because of family name---he did not have the grades.  Obama girls were A students at Sidwell.  Both parents were tops at Harvard Law.  Smart parents tend to push their kids to excel, yes with tons of privilege along the way, but the kids do work hard.  [/quote]

did they reveal their grades and SAT scores?

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Yeah---Barack graduated Top 15% of Harvard Law.  That's revealing "Grades".  Despite what you want to think, he's extremely smart.  Despite what you are implying, Harvard and the likes are not just accepting a URM without the academics to support that.  [/quote]

I meant the daughters.  
Looks to me got in backdoor and [b]had easy major - visual and environment studies[/b]

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Environmental Studies had lots of prerequisites in other sciences. It’s not physics, but it’s a solid major. There’s math involved at the upper levels. [/quote]

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