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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She is a student, an athlete, NMSF. She is Black. Her parents are well to do.
According to DCUM, she should be a shoo in anywhere. 
something is not right.[/quote]

As hard as it may be for some people to grasp this, the girl most likely received very lukewarm or even damning college recommendation letters from the teachers. Not because she was black, not because she was the daughter of immigrants, but because she most likely had an attitude they did not like. There are kids every year who apply to top colleges with top grades and scores and get rejected because the teacher recs were weak because the students were not likable. And it sounds like this particular girl, perhaps influenced by her parents, was just not likable. I certainly remember unlikable kids from my graduating class. Arrogant, pushy, obnoxious, despite having excellent grades and scores, and they were white, too.

When colleges see that the recs are weak and even imply unpleasant characteristics in the student, they are quick to reject because they have so many to pick from. [/quote]

This [/quote]

Why don’t you just say “uppity” and be done with it?[/quote]

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