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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ahem. It is not "common" for any one student to get accepted into five Ivies.[/quote]

I was accepted from a public school to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.  I was a working-to-middle class white girl whose parents remained married to each other.  I was thrilled and my friends and family were very happy for me.  Certainly no story value there, though.  I'm really happy for this kid, and certainly his mother should be very, very proud.  But it would be dilly to think that his race and her not being married had nothing to do with this story being  considered worthy of being published.  [/quote]

I'm white and grew up in blue collar middle America and scored a perfect SAT.  My principal reached out to the local media and I still have the news clippings.  If you're that bitter, blame your school for not doing the same on your behalf instead of criticizing the accolades and attention this young man is receiving.[/quote]

I'm neither bitter nor criticizing the accolades and attention.  It never would have occurred to me to seek or expect media attention for being admitted to multiple top schools.  I would guess the boy in the story is the same.  I'm guessing he has been focused o his work, not what others think or know of him.  Regarding the article, that's just an issue of what the press chooses to cover, and stories are considered more "feel good" or supportive of the underdog.  Nothing wrong with that, but silly to pretend that bias in news coverage doesn't exist.  Lots and lots of biases against AAs in the news as well, of course.   [/quote]

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