Teen repeats #BlackLivesMatter 100 times on Stanford application, gets in

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

So far, the only students admitted into all 8 Ivies have been black, and after reading the comments below the stories, conservatives were QUITE PERPLEXED about it. In the thread that was opened on this site about one of them in particular, Conservatives were obviously less than impressed and furtively showed quite a bit of suspicion. Problem is, they weren't furtive enough. And I wasn't the only poster that picked up on it.

That aside, you're pretty much spot on with the rest of your post.

There's nothing to be perplexed about. Getting into all 8 ivys assuming you applied to them all generally requires some sort of massive *hook*. Being black helps a lot, nothing racist about it just reality. Heck, a poor white kid from Hogsweat, Arkansas has a huge edge as well as they give diversity points for things other than race. Asian is a negative in terms of diversity points.

All of these of course are modest considerations to the big picture of their application. I guarantee you that the kid that got accepted to all 8 ivies has massive SAT scores and is quite brilliant. But for these admissions a 5% consideration to things like racial, geographic and economic diversity can make or break.

Sure, some bigots might like to cry and complain thinking this kid has 75th percentile scores and are getting in "just because they're black" but it's a crock of crap and they're ignorant.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by charolastra00

We are reading VERY different comment sections, unfortunately. There are plenty of people who feel bad that they or their children aren't standouts so look to drag down the accomplishments of others any way they can, including race.

The internet is full of ugly trolls. If the person is black or asian or female or male or white or whatever.....the trolls are going to pick something and run with it.

I for one don't feel like trying to define America or entire groups of people based upon ugly anonymous trollspeak from the internet.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

There's nothing to be perplexed about. Getting into all 8 ivys assuming you applied to them all generally requires some sort of massive *hook*. Being black helps a lot, nothing racist about it just reality. Heck, a poor white kid from Hogsweat, Arkansas has a huge edge as well as they give diversity points for things other than race. Asian is a negative in terms of diversity points.

What evidence is there for this claim?

All of these of course are modest considerations to the big picture of their application. I guarantee you that the kid that got accepted to all 8 ivies has massive SAT scores and is quite brilliant. But for these admissions a 5% consideration to things like racial, geographic and economic diversity can make or break.

You just made that figure up, right?

Sure, some bigots might like to cry and complain thinking this kid has 75th percentile scores and are getting in "just because they're black" but it's a crock of crap and they're ignorant.

Colorful... but the fact remains that many, if not most, black kids attending highly selective colleges would not have been admitted if they were Asian or white.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

What evidence is there for this claim?

You just made that figure up, right?


Colorful... but the fact remains that many, if not most, black kids attending highly selective colleges would not have been admitted if they were Asian or white.

For starters, I have a friend that is an ivy recruiter.

Do you even know what they look for? Or why? Seriously doubt it.