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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All these folks sounding so indignant about how the family reacted would probably work the system if their kid were shut out. [/quote]

Most parents would have accepted school advice not to have their kid apply to all Ivys and reach schools like Duke.  Stupid and entitled doesn’t make it the school’s fault.  And it sure as hell doesn’t amount to a federal civil rights case![/quote]

+1 Seems like the parents were idiots to sign off on a slate of highly selective schools and then were shocked when their kid didn't get in.  [/quote]

Yeah, they were such idiots that they applied to Penn again and she got in.

[b]But of course, you’re saying that it was silly of them to think their state champion, school record holder daughter who had one of the 14 highest PSAT scores of all African American students in DC was IVY material. The nerve....[/quote][/b]

It was not unreasonable that they thought their daughter could get accepted to an ivy. It was unreasonable that they were so certain that it would happen that they only included one safety (Spelman). And they were LATE in applying to Spelman so the school probably rejected her for yield protection, since it was rather obvious that she really wasn't interested in attending. [/quote]

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