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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is well said.  Also let’s not forget that Harvard is currently fighting a very difficult law suit attacking their admissions practices which are suspect at best. What better way to get some positive PR [b]by accepting a sub par (by Harvard’s own standards)[/b] that will almost certainly generate  press. Hm.....[/quote]

The fact that you post this shows you have no idea what "Harvard's own standards" are.  He is the embodiment of exactly their most important standard for admission, which is why they reject so many 36/4.0.  He is not sub-par, he is an extraordinary applicant.

It is astounding to me that people still don't get this.[/quote]

[b]An extraordinary applicant?  Really? On the basis of what?  Because he was able to get on TV and expose a view that many share especially in light of the terrible circumstances? [/b] No one of this board really knows this student’s intelligence and capabilities that would make home an “extraordinary applicant”.  We’ve only read about the students scores and grades.  Doubtful any one really knows one way or the other.  This all about the studebt’s views and how they fit into a more liberal setting and the good PR Harvard gets from this.

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YES!  I keep telling you this.  He started a movement (with others), it got national and global attention, and he got famous.  He had experiences nearly no other student has had and is poised to take that media experience into future leadership.  It is what makes him extraordinary and desirable to Harvard.

Why is this so hard to understand?[/quote]

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