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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I would have gotten into TJ probably[/b], but had no interest in going (white girl).  I have my friends at my school, I'm comfortable moving on with them, and I am as interested in non-STEM subjects as STEM.  Also, I have a friend who left TJ after the first year because she said there was no social life. 
Anyway, that was a few years ago.  I got into Harvard, so clearly wasn't slacking at my home school.  Calling people lazy because they don't think TJ is the best school for everyone is silly.[/quote]

Don't be so cocky and think that you would have gotten into TJ because you got into Harvard since it's likely that Asians with higher SAT scores, higher GPAs, stronger teacher recommendations, stronger essays, stronger ECs, more officer positions, more national awards and more volunteer/community service hours compared to you were rejected by Harvard.  [/quote]

Well, i doubt they had higher SAT scores since i had perfect scores.  And no prep course (not how my parents rolled).  And not URM, so don't bother with that tired old argument.[/quote]

Many applicants with perfect SAT scores get rejected by Harvard, many of them Asians. And the rejected Asians did not only have perfect SAT scores and perfect GPAs so don't bother with that tired old argument they lacked in other areas.[/quote]

Never said they lacked in other areas.  You're making up arguments to tear them down.  I simply said I was qualified, chose not to go, and wasn't lazy.  Pretty sure no one (without a hook, that is) who is lazy gets into Harvard.  Then people made up facts about me so they could try to dispute that example.  No, it's a good example.  I am SURE that many bright, hardworking TJ kids do not get into Harvard, and many of them are just as bright as I was.  Not my argument.  My argument is contra the posters who say that it's laziness that's causing declining applications by white students.  That's not supportable based on the evidence, and my example (just one data point, but more than you've offered) disputes it.[/quote]

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