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This high school girl works as a janitor - is Harvard bound
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Date: June 7th, 2012 10:50 AM Author: excitant pontificating therapy http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/us/from-janitor-to-harvard/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
But on a sunny day earlier this year, she came inside after tending the garden. There was a letter from Harvard, the type of letter every high school senior dreads from a university -- a regular-sized envelope, the ominous sign of rejection. Cautiously, she opened it: "Dear Ms. Loggins, I'm delighted to report that the admissions committee has asked me to inform you that you will be admitted to the Harvard College class of 2016. ... We send such an early positive indication only to outstanding applicants ..." She gasped when she read those words. Gardner had the same reaction when she handed him the note at school the next day. "I just looked up at her, and kind of teared up because this is a young lady who ... " he stops, his voice breaking. "When I first met her and had her brother in class, they were living in a home without electricity, without running water, they were showering at a local park in a restroom after most of the people at the park had left. This is a young lady who's been through so much and for her to receive this letter -- pretty awesome." Not only was Dawn accepted to Harvard, she got a full ride. She was offered tuition, room and board, as well as assistance finding an on-campus job. |
Date: June 7th, 2012 10:51 AM Author: concupiscible sweet tailpipe Newt Gingrich's America (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842278) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:45 AM Author: marvelous honey-headed dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842486) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 7:16 PM Author: Mint national mad cow disease (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20844382) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 7:18 PM Author: fragrant home place of business (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20844395) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 10:52 AM Author: Gold Useless Brakes Plaza harvard does this every 5 years. there was a lifetime movie called "Homeless to Harvard" starring the big-titted girl from American Beauty.
it's all PR. |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:40 AM Author: Swollen Range Sneaky Criminal tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842457) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:45 AM Author: excitant pontificating therapy why would H need any more PR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842483) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:21 AM Author: lime ungodly lettuce brunch I don't know, but Coke keeps advertising, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20847051) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:05 PM Author: crimson talented headpube coldplay fan there wasn't a big-titted girl in American Beauty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842563) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:13 PM Author: excitant pontificating therapy http://11img.skins.be/2/2/7/8/3/6/4/31211-thora-birch-american-beauty-1999-hd1080-3-12.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842588) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:14 PM Author: fishy mexican high five brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842591) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:08 AM Author: soggy site brethren amen brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20846984) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:51 PM Author: Green stead You're doing God's work bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20848887) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:13 PM Author: fishy mexican http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/15900000/Thora-in-American-Beauty-thora-birch-15993935-853-480.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842589) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 10:52 AM Author: Bipolar azure hospital skinny woman Good PR for Harvard. Got to keep that hedge fund tax exempt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842282) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 10:57 AM Author: excitant pontificating therapy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842314) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:03 AM Author: odious parlour death wish lots of H-rejects MAF about this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842331) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:18 AM Author: excitant pontificating therapy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842377) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:20 AM Author: electric spot multi-billionaire A serious job would be good for most students. I know I would have benefited from having one in high school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842384) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:45 AM Author: Sepia locus liquid oxygen This sounds like Boomer thinking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842482) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:31 PM Author: electric spot multi-billionaire In "A is for Admission," Michele Hernandez states that a paying job was one of the extracurriculars most respected by the Dartmouth admissions committee. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842634) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:47 AM Author: marvelous honey-headed dilemma I literally think that CNN and the H-bomb have a conspiracy to this every year. http://articles.cnn.com/2009-06-24/living/homeless.to.harvard_1_skid-row-homeless-shelter-academic-student?_s=PM:LIVING |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:19 AM Author: lime ungodly lettuce brunch Agreed. My first thought was "didn't I already hear this story?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20847035) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:47 AM Author: Brilliant black woman garrison I'd hit it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842497) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:39 PM Author: flirting shrine If she graduates into this current economy she'll be back to cleaning floors in no time flat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842663) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:48 PM Author: comical hell travel guidebook Read the part about the thin envelope. She doesn't even know about "likely letters" how fucking TTT is that? Ec 10 will destroy her.
Just kidding. This is exactly the type of thing admissions should take account of and use as a 'plus factor', much moreso than an American born 'Hispanic' legacy with a cardiologist father who went to HMS.
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Date: June 7th, 2012 7:11 PM Author: high-end milky genital piercing Or legacies and development cases, you racist dork. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20844352) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 7:16 PM Author: Deep big casino codepig readingcompwnd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20844387) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 7:19 PM Author: high-end milky genital piercing ty. Athletes in obscure sports too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20844400) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:47 PM Author: Rambunctious boistinker CR. I am very ok with this type of affirmative action. Affirmative action as it currently operates just helps out wealthy minorities. The ones who are showering in public restrooms (regardless of skin color) get no help from the current system.
This is actually pretty heartwarming. |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:48 PM Author: Henna Indian Lodge i'd let her stay in my house so long as i could tap that. surely some classmate's father would think similar. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842675) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:09 AM Author: soggy site brethren i know, she's nerdy hot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20846986) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:52 PM Author: Metal heaven background story Gingrich was right. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842687) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:32 AM Author: Irradiated chestnut cruise ship jap Want to try a controlled case study?
Sometimes you're really an asshole. |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:53 PM Author: heady emerald pisswyrm cool. I also had a shit job in high school and went to a top school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842688) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:54 PM Author: Flushed demanding striped hyena it's nice to read stories like this. good for her, good for harvard, good for the good doods at the school that helped her out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842697) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 7:01 PM Author: peach beta abode love of her life Credited. All posts to the contrary are discredited. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20844303) |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 8:05 PM Author: Red nibblets Bullshit.
"A straight-A student, Dawn was president of the photography club. She also had started a community service program collecting thousands of letters for active military troops and was involved in National Honor Society and band club. Before she took her custodian job, she ran cross country. She wasn't top of her class, and she didn't have a perfect GPA, but she was smart. On paper, she had always fared well."
These are pedestrian achievements by the absurdly high standards the Ivy League holds applicants to these days. So being abandoned by your parents with a decent gpa suddenly makes you Harvard material? This article is a prime example of how 'elite' college admissions in the US has turned into a complete fucking circus. |
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Date: June 7th, 2012 8:15 PM Author: Glassy laughsome gay wizard just media cover while they continue to admit huge numbers of privileged jews (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20844687) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:18 AM Author: racy fiercely-loyal space u mad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20847029) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:47 PM Author: Rambunctious boistinker CR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20848872) |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:16 AM Author: self-centered lascivious address good for her
social mobility exists |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:26 AM Author: Jet-lagged smoky psychic state There was a letter from Harvard, the type of letter every high school senior dreads from a university -- a regular-sized envelope, the ominous sign of rejection. =====
Is this for real? They sent her acceptance in a regular envelope? Bullshit. I've never heard of acceptance letters being sent in regular envelopes before.
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