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Who cares what she has seen? I think her statements are pretty relevant. She has first hand knowledge. The fact that you want to dismiss her experience is pretty rich!
claims to have first hand knowledge. Everyone on here has a friend or “past experience”
I worked in the marketing department for a university in rural kentucky. Guess who received the bulk of financial aid, were admitted with much lower test scores than the norm? Poor white folk.
Guess who also admitted they had been on welfare and never got off it at a meeting with their state representative? Poor white folk
We all have a story to tell.
But none of that matters in a story about a student getting scholarships.
No one should be making this about Black vs Asian or Black vs white
That shows who is the real racist in this thread. You guys feel threatened because a Black student did something positive.
Very true. This raises the question of whether admitting those with lower qualifications than the rest of the student body is a waste of money (in regards to scholarships) and resources.
But those admitted under affirmative action standards, with lower GPAs and test scores, struggle more than those admitted under the more stringent standards. It’s only common sense that they would.
Some much more than others, as the chart I posted indicates. The question of whether admitting those with lower qualifications than the rest of the student body to the exclusion of those with better qualifications is a waste of money (in regards to scholarships) and resources is indeed valid. Deal with it.
Some much more than others, as the chart I posted indicates. The question of whether admitting those with lower qualifications than the rest of the student body to the exclusion of those with better qualifications is a waste of money (in regards to scholarships) and resources is indeed valid. Deal with it.
Agree. The problem is that when you point out the obvious facts - that blacks and Latinos admitted under affirmative action standards struggle more than students with better academic achievement - the leftists bring out the racist accusation. Or, they call you a liar. That’s how you know you’ve won the debate.
As as I’ve said repeatedly throughout this thread, the black and Latino students who would have qualified for acceptance under the more stringent standards do just as well as their white and Asian peers.
It's not bad. But if a black girl with a 3.2 GPA can get $1 million in scholarship offers, what could a black girl who actually is a top student get?
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Nigerian teen gets 19 scholarship offers worth more than $5 million from the US and Canada
(CNN)One Nigerian teenager must feel like she has the world at her feet after receiving 19 full-ride scholarship offers from universities across the United States and Canada.
Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old high school graduate, was offered more than $5 million dollars' worth of scholarship money for an undergraduate program of study, according to admission documents and estimates of financial aid awards.
"It still feels pretty unbelievable. I applied to so many schools because I didn't even think any school would accept me," Victory told CNN, relishing her academic prowess.
Born to Nigerian parents, Chika Yinka-Banjo, a senior lecturer at the University of Lagos, and Adeyinka Banjo, a private sector procurement and supply chain executive, Victory was given potential full scholarships from the Ivy League schools, Yale College, Princeton University, Harvard College, and Brown University.
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