Couple sues over sons' Harvard rejection

[HookersandIceCream]

Her SAT score wasn't that high at all and she took the Kaplan class three times.
But had she had over a 4.0 GPA in all AP courses.
Was in a bunch of orgs
Won track athlete of the year as a HS freshman.
Won Miss Congeniality at the school's pageant
Student Council pres.
and a bunch of more other good stuff.
Unlike oc, she studied her butt off but could have made a 4.0 in her sleep.

I don't know the name of it, I know that it paid for everything. Room, board, books, tuition, etc.

Pics of sister?

 

[#1 pick]

Pics of sister?

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Academics always came pretty easily to me. I never put much excessive time in studying when I was high school. I did assignments that needed to get done and when it came time for tests I never really worried much about knowing the material. Just paying attention in class and taking notes seemed to work. That didnt carry over so well into college when I started skipping lectures. I learned the hard way how much tougher college was than high school.

Doing all these things seemed normal to me. If I remember correctly school was like 7am - 3pm ish. Practices went til 5pm ish. Then home to a family dinner. Some nights I did a little bit of school work, some nights I bs'd on the phone w a girl I was crushing on, some nights I was at the nursing home where I volunteered. I don't ever remember feeling exhausted. Even during hockey season when practices and games were late at night I still cruised through. Although the 5am sessions w the skating coach were sometimes rough.

And yes I was social. I went to parties on the weekends, had plenty of friends, was never short on gfs. My parents didnt let me roam as freely at night during the week as some of my friends did but I never felt like I missed out.

That's the thing though. Most people don't realize how much time there is in a day and how much you can actually get done. Take even an adult (minus kids of course). And I distinctly remember having this argument on the old boards w a few posters talking about an average day for. A day is 24 hours, less 8 hours for sleep (which most people don't) less 10 hours for work (which most people don't) even if you take out an hour for commuting. You still have 5 hours left to do other things and get a good night sleep for next day. Obviously things are different when you become a parent but you see what I mean when.

I feel insight here. How did your parents keep you out of the influence of demonic friends. Mainly demonic kids with bad parents who bring down individuals with their bad influences. Im talking elementary-middle school years. These seem to be crucial years where kids end up having their brain chemistry rewired towards loserdom.

 

[DaChampIsHere]

It aint that serious. I just thought Ivy League schools had higher requirements than what you posted.

Dude is legit on the extra-curricular side of things along with ACT scores and GPA. I'm pretty sure those things are considered as well, not just SAT scores.

Plus schools love athletes.

 

[#1 pick]

Dude is legit on the extra-curricular side of things along with ACT scores and GPA. I'm pretty sure those things are considered as well, not just SAT scores.

Plus schools love athletes.

They just like competitive people. Competitive people means they are competitive at everything and not just extremely good with the books.

 

[PrnzHakeem]

It aint that serious. I just thought Ivy League schools had higher requirements than what you posted.

I had similar stats and also went Ivy.

Pretty sure had I applied to UC Berkeley I would've got hit with that rejection tho.

Unless you go to a crap school, where you end up after you graduate is entirely up to the student and how far they want to go.

 

[BillBanneker]

It aint that serious. I just thought Ivy League schools had higher requirements than what you posted.

Not too many high school students can put the Federal Reserve on their applicatiions though.

 

[PrnzHakeem]

Academics always came pretty easily to me. I never put much excessive time in studying when I was high school. I did assignments that needed to get done and when it came time for tests I never really worried much about knowing the material. Just paying attention in class and taking notes seemed to work. That didnt carry over so well into college when I started skipping lectures. I learned the hard way how much tougher college was than high school.

Doing all these things seemed normal to me. If I remember correctly school was like 7am - 3pm ish. Practices went til 5pm ish. Then home to a family dinner. Some nights I did a little bit of school work, some nights I bs'd on the phone w a girl I was crushing on, some nights I was at the nursing home where I volunteered. I don't ever remember feeling exhausted. Even during hockey season when practices and games were late at night I still cruised through. Although the 5am sessions w the skating coach were sometimes rough.

And yes I was social. I went to parties on the weekends, had plenty of friends, was never short on gfs. My parents didnt let me roam as freely at night during the week as some of my friends did but I never felt like I missed out.


That's the thing though. Most people don't realize how much time there is in a day and how much you can actually get done. Take even an adult (minus kids of course). And I distinctly remember having this argument on the old boards w a few posters talking about an average day for. A day is 24 hours, less 8 hours for sleep (which most people don't) less 10 hours for work (which most people don't) even if you take out an hour for commuting. You still have 5 hours left to do other things and get a good night sleep for next day. Obviously things are different when you become a parent but you see what I mean when.

My high school years were pretty much the same, except I was away from parents and home. When I think back to my boarding school days, I was definitely more active and productive than I was in college. Probably because I had supervision and rules.


Those parents are stupid, they could've spent a fraction of that money sending their kids to Andover, Exeter, Choate, etc....basically feeder prep schools for the Ivies and other top colleges.

 

[-G$-]

I feel insight here. How did your parents keep you out of the influence of demonic friends. Mainly demonic kids with bad parents who bring down individuals with their bad influences. Im talking elementary-middle school years. These seem to be crucial years where kids end up having their brain chemistry rewired towards loserdom.

when i was younger i was friends w everyone, the good kids and the bad kids. i don't remember my parents ever actively saying "yes" and "no" to different friends but going from elementary school to middle school to high school they seemed to naturally weed themselves out. i can remember having play dates when i was 8yo w kids who once we got to high school i rarely saw around. they just weren't in my classes, weren't on the lax, basketball, hockey teams, didn't do the extra circulars and volunteer work, so they ended up outside of my social circle. i think just keeping me focused on moving forward naturally drew me away from them. i also think i had some subconscious fear of disappointing my parents when i was younger so that helped me steer clear of trouble. it definitely started to dissipate toward the end of high school into college but i distinctly remember it being very present through more formative years. look, i was a very good kid but i wasn't an angel. i did more good than bad but i had my moments.

 

[-G$-]

Not too many high school students can put the Federal Reserve on their applicatiions though.

it was a relatively new club at the time. the teacher who started it loved me in his social studies class and also coached me jv basketball so he encouraged me to give it a try. all in all it was nothing crazy. we learned some entry level finance, stock/bond market basics, got to visit the nyse and ny fed reserve bank. it was cool but nothing intense. probably sounds better on paper than it really was.

 

[-G$-]

My high school years were pretty much the same, except I was away from parents and home. When I think back to my boarding school days, I was definitely more active and productive than I was in college. Probably because I had supervision and rules. .

yeah man. like i said, when i was younger i had this inexplicable fear of disappointing. mostly my parents but strangely enough my teachers as well. for some reason when i got to college it fled me pretty quickly my freshman year. it took me the next 3 years to try and get it back.

 

[Jesus]

Jew connections....

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Who wants to get into a school that their parents SUED their way into? Wouldn't that be mildly embarrassing?

 

[#1 pick]

when i was younger i was friends w everyone, the good kids and the bad kids. i don't remember my parents ever actively saying "yes" and "no" to different friends but going from elementary school to middle school to high school they seemed to naturally weed themselves out. i can remember having play dates when i was 8yo w kids who once we got to high school i rarely saw around. they just weren't in my classes, weren't on the lax, basketball, hockey teams, didn't do the extra circulars and volunteer work, so they ended up outside of my social circle. i think just keeping me focused on moving forward naturally drew me away from them. i also think i had some subconscious fear of disappointing my parents when i was younger so that helped me steer clear of trouble. it definitely started to dissipate toward the end of high school into college but i distinctly remember it being very present through more formative years. look, i was a very good kid but i wasn't an angel. i did more good than bad but i had my moments.

I am going to depart from here with a personal feeling.

When your white, you have a lot less hate going for achievement. Not hate in the sense of you are trying to be smart , but hate like you do not fit in with us and stuff like that. Little things that really become big things. That's why the smart Blacks generally don't talk about it if they want to be with the in crowd. With Whites, you can still get the hottie and trying to go to an Ivy as well. As a Black dude, you better be able to slam dunk, look like Trey Songz, or you going to be out of the loop.

It just seems like a lot less was expected of you as a Black male while in my father country, a lot is expected of you from birth as any male or female. This country has serious issue with Black folk and I am not just talking about Black folk themselves. Teachers (esp White ones), television, radio, etc. Just by reading your experiences, I knew you weren't Black off top. I think because it's so hard for a Black Male regardless of college status or not.

This doesn't have anything to do with your accomplishments ocmfII, just saying I didn't know too many brothers who did what you did with any type of backlash in HS while I seen whites do it and still be cool and not excluded. With Black women, it's more based on looks than grades as with women in general. Besides the point, and what field are you in now?

 

[TYBG]

@ocmfII
@The Bilingual Gringo

If it's not too much trouble, do you have the name of the consultant or firm? A link to their website? I don't know where to search and the possibility of being scammed has me shookd