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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I was talking to my husband about this kid last night. Our kid went to an Ivy. 2250 would not get most white kids into an Ivy (w/o a hook that is). 2250 would get the average white kid into Middlebury or Bowdoin.

The black kid's parents are from Ghana. The Ivies like minorities with direct Afrian roots and less so for African American kids. This kid's EQs were not stellar..but fine.

Simply put, w/o being black, he would not have gotten into 8 Ivies...maybe 2...Cornell and Brown.[/quote]

Where are you getting this evidence/data from?  Did you interview this kid?  Did you read his letters of references?  What do you know about his drive, passion, leadership, and character?  These can't be measured by a newspaper article an SAT of 2250 or a high GPA.  Frankly,  if all you bring to the table is 4.0 and 2300 after test prep after test prep with vacant, bland, and nondescript intangibles ( all you do in life is hand in homework on time and marked up text with highlite markers) and no passion or accomplishments than a student who pleases the teachers handing out the inflated  grades...why would anyone be surprised one will not be one of the five out of 100 candidates admitted to HYP.[/quote]

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