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This high school girl works as a janitor - is Harvard bound

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/us/from-janitor-to-harvard/ind...
Fragrant wagecucks
  06/07/12
Newt Gingrich's America
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harvard does this every 5 years. there was a lifetime movie ...
crusty marketing idea
  06/07/12
tcr
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  06/07/12
why would H need any more PR
Fragrant wagecucks
  06/07/12
I don't know, but Coke keeps advertising, too.
Idiotic know-it-all range
  06/08/12
there wasn't a big-titted girl in American Beauty.
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  06/07/12
high five brother
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amen brother
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You're doing God's work bro
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  06/07/12
Good PR for Harvard. Got to keep that hedge fund tax exempt.
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Fragrant wagecucks
  06/07/12
lots of H-rejects MAF about this
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Fragrant wagecucks
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A serious job would be good for most students. I know I woul...
Violent puppy sanctuary
  06/07/12
This sounds like Boomer thinking.
Cerebral abusive sneaky criminal
  06/07/12
In "A is for Admission," Michele Hernandez states ...
Violent puppy sanctuary
  06/07/12
I literally think that CNN and the H-bomb have a conspiracy ...
comical wild chapel codepig
  06/07/12
Agreed. My first thought was "didn't I already hear th...
Idiotic know-it-all range
  06/08/12
I'd hit it.
Razzmatazz Nowag Theater
  06/07/12
If she graduates into this current economy she'll be back to...
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  06/07/12
Read the part about the thin envelope. She doesn't even know...
Deranged Location Cumskin
  06/07/12
Or legacies and development cases, you racist dork.
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  06/07/12
readingcompwnd
Jet gunner mother
  06/07/12
ty. Athletes in obscure sports too.
passionate jade business firm liquid oxygen
  06/07/12
CR. I am very ok with this type of affirmative action. Affir...
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  06/08/12
i'd let her stay in my house so long as i could tap that. su...
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i know, she's nerdy hot
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  06/08/12
Gingrich was right.
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  06/07/12
Want to try a controlled case study? Sometimes you're rea...
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  06/08/12
cool. I also had a shit job in high school and went to a to...
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it's nice to read stories like this. good for her, good for...
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Credited. All posts to the contrary are discredited.
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Bullshit. "A straight-A student, Dawn was president ...
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  06/07/12
just media cover while they continue to admit huge numbers o...
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  06/07/12
u mad
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CR
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  06/08/12
good for her social mobility exists
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There was a letter from Harvard, the type of letter every hi...
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Date: June 7th, 2012 10:50 AM
Author: Fragrant wagecucks

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842271)



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Date: June 7th, 2012 10:51 AM
Author: swollen wonderful multi-billionaire step-uncle's house

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: comical wild chapel codepig



(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: Godawful stock car



(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: excitant aggressive pervert menage



(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: crusty marketing idea

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842280)



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Date: June 7th, 2012 11:40 AM
Author: Lime kink-friendly old irish cottage address

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: Fragrant wagecucks

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: Idiotic know-it-all range

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: arousing flesh pisswyrm double fault

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: Fragrant wagecucks

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(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: Odious turquoise pit

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: Razzle hairy legs boltzmann

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: Red hateful lay

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: Odious turquoise pit

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(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: cracking bespoke indian lodge

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: Fragrant wagecucks



(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: sepia crawly hospital roast beef

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: Fragrant wagecucks



(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: Violent puppy sanctuary

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: Cerebral abusive sneaky criminal

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: Violent puppy sanctuary

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: comical wild chapel codepig

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842496)



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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:19 AM
Author: Idiotic know-it-all range

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: Razzmatazz Nowag Theater

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: Aqua personal credit line party of the first part

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: Deranged Location Cumskin

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.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20842673)



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Date: June 7th, 2012 7:11 PM
Author: passionate jade business firm liquid oxygen

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: Jet gunner mother

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: passionate jade business firm liquid oxygen

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: hairless charcoal quadroon corner

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20848866)



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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:48 PM
Author: brindle keepsake machete background story

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: Razzle hairy legs boltzmann

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: Supple police squad

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: bronze charismatic piazza

Want to try a controlled case study?

Sometimes you're really an asshole.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20847100)



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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:53 PM
Author: sienna feces deer antler

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: Seedy international law enforcement agency

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: onyx boyish hissy fit

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: Insane dingle berry tanning salon

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20844632)



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Date: June 7th, 2012 8:15 PM
Author: sable painfully honest macaca

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: underhanded dysfunction 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: hairless charcoal quadroon corner

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: Chrome misunderstood parlor

good for her

social mobility exists

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20847017)



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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:26 AM
Author: Peach church athletic conference

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.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1965584&forum_id=2#20847071)