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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Despite being an URM with a legacy father, Idris just didn't have the credentials for the school."  It was oddly sad,  Idris making comments during his Stanford visit as though he had a chance, maybe he was just pretending because the camera was rolling.  I wonder if Dad was the cameraman for this particular scene.

I really think his parents assumed being a URM would carry more weight in college admissions than it did.  Idris' GPA and board scores must have been pretty average if he was wait listed at Trinity.  I can't remember whether or not there was a college admissions counselor scene for the Brewster family.[/quote]

I don't recall seeing a college admissions counselor in the movie, but with those helicopter parents whose goal from the moment Idris was born was to get him into an Ivy, I'm certain there was one. I'm almost certain Dalton has one. I'm also willing to bet the counselor advised against Stanford and the Ivies but those parents had a habit of ignoring advise that did not fit their plan and likely ignored it.[/quote]

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