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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's obnoxious. Thousands of kids could do this every year but they don't because they aren't jerks. She forced admissions offices of at least 45 schools to waste their time on her when she had no intention of attending their schools.  [/quote]

Worst offender was last year a black young man with a 32 on his ACT got into Harvard early. He then proceeded to shotgun blast apps out to the entire top 25 regular decision and boast about each and every acceptance on college confidential. When he took heat he claimed "I didn't know what Harvard would give me for financial aid." BS :roll: He went to Harvard on a full boat financial aid package  :roll: [/quote]

Harvard is an a$$hole college for 55% of students who are a$$holes.  Even the guy who was fraudulently writing SATs for wealthy kids, was an Harvard graduate.  I am glad that a handful of URM students get into elite schools with not shabby credentials.  At least they are better than people like Jared Kushners of the world.

I look at this way - even if some elite colleges take some URMs because they are very bright, they take exponentially more of dumb (mainly White) wealthy kids who pay their way in the college.   So I am very happy when URM students are taken into elite colleges - at least they are brainy and hardworking.

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Brainy?  [b]Those URMs are significantly less brainy than the average accepted student at those colleges. Unfortunately, that’s the price of affirmative action.[/b][/quote]

I am a "URM" who had high test scores.  Basically, I never want to hear this argument ^^^ again in light of the current college admissions scandal.  These young black and Latino kids don't have the same advantages as the white, wealthy students who are prepped to the gills, attend schools with more resources, had tons of "enrichment" outside of school, etc.  If you look askance at my kids for their selective college acceptances, I'm definitely doing the same to your white wealthy kids.[/quote]

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