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[quote=Anonymous]   [quote] I just can't imagine a student who would think they were a good fit for, and want to attend, all 8. And let's face it, there are better non-Ivys than Cornell, for instance. It seems to have just been a ploy to get bragging rights.[/quote]

Limited creative thinking and mathematical ability make it possible you can't imagine a kid applying to so many schools, with each having less than 10 in 100 kids actually getting accepted, and perhaps wanting to attend all 8 for fit.  Kid did the right thing.  He reached for the stars and now he gets to revisit with the suitors and make his decision.

In America, since when has fit meant anything to an aspiring young black man in elite white institutions?  It's the same crap (but the blind and the deaf can't imagine so).  It doesn't matter to Black males ... these schools are all the same in how they are embraced.  It's akin to seeking the best fit on a plantation.  This concept of fit does not have much meaning for black males in this society.  When you are continually stopped and asked to produce your passport for proof of citizenship.  Simply ask your noble Commander in Chief?

This aspiring young black man did the best thing under these conditions.  Aim for the stars and the schools with the biggest endowments and cache  (Ivy).  If you will have to take this abuse  anyway, fit doesn't amount to a hill of beans for black male students in America.

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