Anonymous wrote:The government going after a private institution for college admissions essays on the topic of being part of community should be condemned!

Not when that private institution receives billions of government funding every year but actively practice racial discrimination!

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Anonymous wrote:What were the essay prompts before they pulled them?

We all contribute to, and are influenced by, the communities that are meaningful to us. Share how you’ve been shaped by one of the communities you belong to.
Remember that this essay is about you and your lived experience.

Define community in the way that is most meaningful to you. Some examples of community you might choose from are: family, school, shared interest, virtual, local, global, cultural

NP. I actually think this is a bad question and I can see why someone has a problem with it. It’s clear there’re looking for “I’m black and I had a hard life” responses but I think the best kids have several communities. It sucks for them that they need to choose one and put themselves into that single box. The best kids can’t be put into a single box.

You sound paranoid but in any case you obviously Have no interest in attending this college. So why do you care what they put as their essay prompt?

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Anonymous wrote:1. "Please explain why you think Donald Trump is the best president ever."
2. "What do you think President Trump's biggest success was, and why."
3. "If you had the chance to support MAGA by working for President Trump, what would you do?"
4. "Explain a time when MAGA impacted your life. Write about how it positively changed your future."

This just shows how ridiculous and disgusting the past essay prompts were, just in the opposite direction.

I'm glad there are consequences for all the woke nonsense. I hope they learn their lesson and they can go back to their core mission.

I'm glad they have come to the conclusion that their core mission is academics and research and not social engineering.

Not really research anymore.

The government going after a private institution for college admissions essays on the topic of being part of community should be condemned!

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Anonymous wrote:What were the essay prompts before they pulled them?

We all contribute to, and are influenced by, the communities that are meaningful to us. Share how you’ve been shaped by one of the communities you belong to.
Remember that this essay is about you and your lived experience.

Define community in the way that is most meaningful to you. Some examples of community you might choose from are: family, school, shared interest, virtual, local, global, cultural

NP. I actually think this is a bad question and I can see why someone has a problem with it. It’s clear there’re looking for “I’m black and I had a hard life” responses but I think the best kids have several communities. It sucks for them that they need to choose one and put themselves into that single box. The best kids can’t be put into a single box.

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Anonymous wrote:So what happens when the mediocre kids still don’t get in? Will they start replacing the AOs next?

The problem was that mediocre kids with the right skin color were getting in over better kids with the wrong skin color.

+1

How do you define “better”
Hint: it’s not stats.

It is definitely the stats. At least at the top end.

All the research points to standardized tests as the best predictor of academic performance, research citation frequency, graduate degree attainment, pretty much everything.

Anonymous wrote:Elon and Don make the Penn community proud 😉

And Don Trump Jr and Ivanka. Penn educates the real winners.

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Anonymous wrote:So what happens when the mediocre kids still don’t get in? Will they start replacing the AOs next?

The problem was that mediocre kids with the right skin color were getting in over better kids with the wrong skin color.

+1

How do you define “better”
Hint: it’s not stats.

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Anonymous wrote:So what happens when the mediocre kids still don’t get in? Will they start replacing the AOs next?

The problem was that mediocre kids with the right skin color were getting in over better kids with the wrong skin color.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god. Maybe fewer colleges will inquire about our 18 year old kids’ “Lived” experiences. As if they had ‘unlived’ ones. Such BS

Why is asking about the experiences one has lived "BS"? You have one. I have one. They are different.

DP. Because it’s not designed to really learn about your lived experience (you think they give an F a bout it?) It’s used to identify their desired race and demographics.

^^This.

Anonymous wrote:When the “woke nonsense” is gone and your kid still doesn’t get in, how will you cope?

My kid is already out of college. Fighting racism doesn't have to be personal. If you can fight anti Black racism without being black why can't I fight anti Asian racism w without having an Asian kid.

Anonymous wrote:So what happens when the mediocre kids still don’t get in? Will they start replacing the AOs next?

The problem was that mediocre kids with the right skin color were getting in over better kids with the wrong skin color.

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Anonymous wrote:And is re-writing them as part of a settlement.

Duke removed the diversity prompt from supplementals.

Harvard reworded from “a diverse student body” to “a student body with a diversity of perspectives and experiences.”

Which is the same thing.

So they shouldn't get their funding back?

Anonymous wrote:So what happens when the mediocre kids still don’t get in? Will they start replacing the AOs next?

Do you have kids in high school or college?

Anyone with kids in high school can look at Naviance and see the spread of GPAs/SAT scores and which ones got rejected vs waitlisted or accepted.

They can look at these anonymous charts, and quickly see patterns at certain schools of higher scores getting rejected and lower scores getting accepted.

The kids accepted to schools are very public with sharing their good news. They are open about the majors they applied to, and often very open about sharing their SATs and GPAs with friends. But in doing so, the other kids are able to see how their higher stats/better activities/more awards/etc compare to the kids accepted, along with the other rejections vs acceptances. If there is a pattern of much higher stat kids getting rejected while lower stat kids getting accepted, it is very easy to see.

When the “woke nonsense” is gone and your kid still doesn’t get in, how will you cope?