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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should I state the obvious? Before even clicking on the link I said he must be a minority. Sad.[/quote]

I don't understand your comment.  Do you think he's not qualified to attend those colleges?[/quote]

Also of course you knew he was a minority because the title says Banneker high school.[/quote]

I don't live in DC proper and have never heard of the high school.[/quote]

This forum is for discussion of DCPS and DC Public Charter schools. If you don't live in DC, I am not sure why this forum would be of interest to you. But, one thing of which I can assure you is that we are not interested in your racial prejudices. If you find the success of a student "sad" because that student is black, you probably need to find another forum. [/quote]

Thanks, Jeff. The kid also got the GW full ride. You don't get all of these offers without being qualified.

Here's my experience in college admissions: being African American is sort of like being class president or editor of the paper. Yes, it helps give you a hook, but if your numbers and recs aren't good, you're not going to get into Harvard etc just because you are black.  Plenty of smart hardworking minority kids with good profiles get rejected from ivies.

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Very well said, PP!   Folks need to realize it's true that "plenty of smart hardworking minority kids with [b]good[/b] profiles get rejected from ivies." [/quote]

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