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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."  [b]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.  [/b]

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]

Sigh.  Those parents put that in his head. Remember the scene at the kitchen table before they went on the college visits. And the parents were telling him what to say if given the chance to talk to someone in admissions ("tradition of academic excellence" per dad)? Mom told him that he might encounter someone with the ability to make a decision in his favor...So um yeah. Clearly this was a kid who could not think for himself. He simply did what his parents told him to. Between having every hour of his life scheduled and his parents telling him what to say, it's no wonder he just believed what he was told and recited the script he was given.

You could see the parents strip every ounce of self-esteem from this poor kid. For someone from his background (elite school, two Ivy educated parents, real life Huxtables with a Dr. father and attorney mother), he had absolutely no self-esteem and very little personality. He was, however, highly intelligent and self-aware.[/quote]

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