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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are PPs saying that she only applied to reach schools? She should have gotten into Spelman. Secondly, the mistakes in calculating her math grades are a big effing deal.

Nigerian-Americans are still URMs. Sidwell knows this. A look at Harvard’s C/O 2023 confirms this. I think this case is a net positive for current and future students, as the school will probably do a better job of accurately reporting grades now. It makes me wonder if there are FA families who have had similar experiences with little, if any, recourse. [/quote]

I dont think she applied to Spelman on time.  So that changes the analysis a good bit.  And  the point was she may have been viewed as Nigerian rather than Nigerian-American (i.e., as a non-citizen, a category that does not receive the URM boost).[/quote]

If she was counting on an affirmative action/URM boost to get her into Harvard and Yale, and her complaint is that she didn’t get it and it’s somehow Sidwell’s fault, then that suggests that otherwise she was not an especially compelling applicant.[/quote]

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