She gets to check the box for being a minority and her dad is the President. She could go anywhere she wanted even if she was dumb.

Anonymous wrote:Thats strange. She didn't go to GDS.

what's GDS?

who's Malia?

Harvard I've heard

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Anonymous wrote:I thought only GDS graduates went to Harvard. Oh I forgot, she is a legacy, so that doesn't count.

She was almost GDS. The Obamas originally wanted their kids to go to GDS, but reportedly the Secret Service nixed it because of security and traffic concerns about GDS' Palisades campus. That's how the Obamas wound up at Sidwell.

That's correct, it was publicly known that it was a security issue that changed her school choice.

I bet the kids at Harvard are going to be THRILLED by the presence of security on campus, that's really going to dampen the party mood.

There's not much of a party mood at Harvard to dampen.
- someone who had two of her best friends there and visited them

Like Conan Obrien said - only at Harvard would you need to develop the worlds largest social network in order to meet the person in the room next door.

I would've loved to have been Conan's roommate in college (any college). He must've been a hoot and probably lowered the stress levels of those around him.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought only GDS graduates went to Harvard. Oh I forgot, she is a legacy, so that doesn't count.

She was almost GDS. The Obamas originally wanted their kids to go to GDS, but reportedly the Secret Service nixed it because of security and traffic concerns about GDS' Palisades campus. That's how the Obamas wound up at Sidwell.

That's correct, it was publicly known that it was a security issue that changed her school choice.

I bet the kids at Harvard are going to be THRILLED by the presence of security on campus, that's really going to dampen the party mood.

There's not much of a party mood at Harvard to dampen.
- someone who had two of her best friends there and visited them

Like Conan Obrien said - only at Harvard would you need to develop the worlds largest social network in order to meet the person in the room next door.

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Anonymous wrote:Not an Obama fan, but I think Malia is the prettiest of all first children (ok, maybe a tie with JFKJr). So there's that.

I agree! Stunning.

Haha. Harvard does have an unusually ugly student body. Guess she could take the Natalie Portman slot.

Go back under your rock in New Haven.

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Anonymous wrote:She is not a legacy. Neither parent went undergrad. I am sure she earned it. Sidwell is a hard school. Good luck to her.

You don't think her father's job has anything to do with it? Nothing at all?

Of course it did. Most girls that age don't have nearly the close exposure to world politics and culture that she has had by virtue of having grown up in the White House. But, by all accounts she is a bright, hard-working, respectful girl and that, combined with highly unusual upbringing would ensure her place at H.

It doesn't matter. She would get in regardless. It has nothing to do with her close exposure to world politics and culture and everything to do with her father. I love the Obamas and voted for him twice. But let's be clear. For every other student who had her credentials, Harvard was a crapshoot. For her, it was a guarantee.

How do you know what her credentials are?

It doesn't matter what her credentials are. That is the point. But whatever they are, almost every other student with her credentials would be faced with a potential rejection. Not so for her.

And not so for Bush who left his high school as a C student yet landed a plum spot at Yale then as a C student Harvard Business.

Nothing new under the sun.

I've never heard what Bush's high school GPA was, but it is known that he had 1209 SAT score. Yes, this is low for Yale, but still a very good score, and not what you would expect from a C student.

Bush had a 566 verbal and 640 math. If his father hadn't attended a Yale and a wealthy businessman AND grandfather who attended and just happened to have a library wing named after him, Bush would NOT have gotten into Yale. He didn't even meet the non-legacy standard nor academic nor athlete nor arts criteria. GW Bush also applied to HBS with a 2.35 gpa.

Not relevant to the thread but a piece of trivia....Richard Nixon was president of the Duke (Law) Bar Association and was actually very smart with good grades but wasn't well liked. C student, Bush, was.

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Anonymous wrote:She is not a legacy. Neither parent went undergrad. I am sure she earned it. Sidwell is a hard school. Good luck to her.

Yes. Her father is also president. She can go wherever she wants.

Actually post undergrad -mba, law etc still get the legacy preference.

Not for Harvard College.

Yes it is for Harvard.

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Anonymous wrote:Not an Obama fan, but I think Malia is the prettiest of all first children (ok, maybe a tie with JFKJr). So there's that.

I agree! Stunning.

Haha. Harvard does have an unusually ugly student body. Guess she could take the Natalie Portman slot.

Idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:Not an Obama fan, but I think Malia is the prettiest of all first children (ok, maybe a tie with JFKJr). So there's that.

I agree! Stunning.

Haha. Harvard does have an unusually ugly student body. Guess she could take the Natalie Portman slot.

Anonymous wrote:Not an Obama fan, but I think Malia is the prettiest of all first children (ok, maybe a tie with JFKJr). So there's that.

I agree! Stunning.

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Anonymous wrote:She is not a legacy. Neither parent went undergrad. I am sure she earned it. Sidwell is a hard school. Good luck to her.

You don't think her father's job has anything to do with it? Nothing at all?

Of course it did. Most girls that age don't have nearly the close exposure to world politics and culture that she has had by virtue of having grown up in the White House. But, by all accounts she is a bright, hard-working, respectful girl and that, combined with highly unusual upbringing would ensure her place at H.

It doesn't matter. She would get in regardless. It has nothing to do with her close exposure to world politics and culture and everything to do with her father. I love the Obamas and voted for him twice. But let's be clear. For every other student who had her credentials, Harvard was a crapshoot. For her, it was a guarantee.

How do you know what her credentials are?

It doesn't matter what her credentials are. That is the point. But whatever they are, almost every other student with her credentials would be faced with a potential rejection. Not so for her.

And not so for Bush who left his high school as a C student yet landed a plum spot at Yale then as a C student Harvard Business.

Nothing new under the sun.

I've never heard what Bush's high school GPA was, but it is known that he had 1209 SAT score. Yes, this is low for Yale, but still a very good score, and not what you would expect from a C student.

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Anonymous wrote:She is not a legacy. Neither parent went undergrad. I am sure she earned it. Sidwell is a hard school. Good luck to her.

You don't think her father's job has anything to do with it? Nothing at all?

Of course it did. Most girls that age don't have nearly the close exposure to world politics and culture that she has had by virtue of having grown up in the White House. But, by all accounts she is a bright, hard-working, respectful girl and that, combined with highly unusual upbringing would ensure her place at H.

It doesn't matter. She would get in regardless. It has nothing to do with her close exposure to world politics and culture and everything to do with her father. I love the Obamas and voted for him twice. But let's be clear. For every other student who had her credentials, Harvard was a crapshoot. For her, it was a guarantee.

How do you know what her credentials are?

It doesn't matter what her credentials are. That is the point. But whatever they are, almost every other student with her credentials would be faced with a potential rejection. Not so for her.

This is true. Her father earned it for her. She will not have to start at a lower ranked school and transfer like he did.

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Anonymous wrote:chelsea had higher scores - come on people let's not kid ourselves that malia is the number 1 most hooked candidate in the history of college aps.

the only way she would've had stronger hooks is if she was a boy

But if she had been a son, his name would have been Trayvon.

Idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:She is not a legacy. Neither parent went undergrad. I am sure she earned it. Sidwell is a hard school. Good luck to her.

Yes. Her father is also president. She can go wherever she wants.

Actually post undergrad -mba, law etc still get the legacy preference.

Not for Harvard College.

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Anonymous wrote:chelsea had higher scores - come on people let's not kid ourselves that malia is the number 1 most hooked candidate in the history of college aps.

the only way she would've had stronger hooks is if she was a boy

How do you know this?

Yes, how do you know what Chelsea's and Malia's scores (SAT? ACT?) were?