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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s so funny to see how this kids success hurts supposedly grown adults.  You just can’t help yourselves. Sad![/quote]

I agree!  It’s pretty pathetic, really.  [/quote]

I read last week that Ariel Winter (Alex on Modern Family) got into two Ivys and is attending UCLA.  Also that her mother neglected her and she never attended school, and never really got an education, period. (Yes.  I am guilty of being really bored at the doctors office).   Of the many things she is (and I don’t actually know that much about her), mental heavyweight or even spectacular actress does not seem to come in at the top of the list, based on watching a couple of seasons early in its run and reading an article about her. But two Ivy League schools thought she added something to their class. And there was almost no uproar that I saw about her acceptance.

The problem isn’t undeserving. I suspect Ariel Winter was undeserving. I know Jared Kushner was. The problem is social activist (for some) and SATs 300 points lower than my kid’s (for others).

To those on the right— get over it.  A kid whose politics you disagree with succeeded. You may disagree with him. You may not like his personality. But he accomplished something by getting a million kids to march against guns and getting gun laws changed.  You know it. I know it.  Harvard knows it.  And you look petty insisting his accomplishments are Fake News. Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

To those whose kids didn’t make the EA Ivy cut— get over it.  Like many tiger moms on here, I also have a kid at TJ. And next year, he will almost certainly not be getting into an Ivy either.  To begin with, we are donut hole and can’t afford it. Also, he’s pretty solidly top half, but not top quarter of his class. He is a great kid. He has worked incredibly hard. He “deserves the best” (in my eyes at least). And he will go to a great college and be fine. Saying some other kid doesn’t “deserve” Harvard is petty and unbecoming.  Just be gracious. It won’t kill you.

Nothing like the intersection of Ivy League Admissions and political activism to bring bring all the petty little bitches out to snipe on DCUM. [/quote]

I agree with what you're saying.  However, will you (all of you, not just you, PP) be as gracious if a conservative activist kid with similar stats is accepted to an Ivy?  Doubtful.[/quote]

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