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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nigerians place a huge emphasis on education and on excelling, as some have previously noted. Nigerians also account for 25 percent of black students at Harvard Business School. They are consistently academic standouts. Not affirmative action. [/quote]

Nigerians (and Cubans) are obsessed with exploiting American affirmative action policies that were not intended for them.[/quote]

Jesus.  [b]I guess it's totally impossible that a young woman of color could, by herself, merit these admissions?[/b]

I can completely understand why this MoCo student wrote this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/opinion/sunday/finding-growth-at-my-historically-black-college.html

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one of the biggest problems with those policies is that it casts a cloud on even the most deserving recipients. if there is an alternative explanation for her acceptances than, yes, people are going to wonder.[/quote]

Ok...but why should ANY kid give a damn about how YOU or anyone else think they got there?  Let them wonder.  That is more your issue than it is hers.  I tell my own kids and kids that mentor that it should not matter how you got there.  If you show up, do the work and take advantage of the opportunities, then it is all good.  But do not give one thought to other people speculating about why you got an opportunity.

Because a White kid could be dumb as a rock and get in because of legacy status.  Not one of you would look at him and think twice about him belonging at that school.  But a POC gets in and now everyone wants to second -guess and parse her accomplishments. [/quote]

Exactly.  And it also places an outsized importance on things like SAT scores and GPAs, which do not on their own prove that the student will be successful, motivated, and a strong contributor on campus.  In my own life (white woman) I see this.  I went to a mid-level slac where I was probably in the top 1% for grades and test scores.  I did a crappy job and did not contribute to campus life.  Then I went to law school, where my LSATs and experience probably placed me in the bottom 25%.  But I excelled, law review, great jobs, etc.  Schools need to be looking for qualities far beyond SATs and GPAs.  [/quote]

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