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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: Pungent orchestra pit 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: Razzle Voyeur Roommate 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: Swashbuckling cuckold doctorate (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: federal psychic (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: Violent Violent Location Double Fault (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: vigorous center 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: Ocher fortuitous meteor 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: Pungent orchestra pit 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: Misunderstood locus 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: gold vibrant queen of the night 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: Pungent orchestra pit 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: Flesh flatulent toaster hall 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: Infuriating Chocolate Garrison Volcanic Crater 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: Curious Medicated Rigpig Marketing Idea 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: Flesh flatulent toaster hall 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: salmon stead 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: Pungent orchestra pit (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: violet locale 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: Pungent orchestra pit (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: Thirsty kitty cat 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: offensive anal piazza 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: Thirsty kitty cat 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: Swashbuckling cuckold doctorate 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: Misunderstood locus 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: Cruel-hearted adulterous rigor 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: Thriller lodge 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: beady-eyed headpube school cafeteria 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: cyan stirring place of business boistinker 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: Galvanic Dull University 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: cyan stirring place of business boistinker 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: adventurous alcoholic base ratface 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: honey-headed mildly autistic wrinkle resort 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: Infuriating Chocolate Garrison Volcanic Crater 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: Shivering den 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: Aromatic brilliant new version temple 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: Misanthropic shrine filthpig 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: embarrassed to the bone titillating ape 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: slimy azn 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: vivacious dead tanning salon boltzmann 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: mint kitchen fanboi 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: navy unholy native 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: adventurous alcoholic base ratface 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: Turquoise Stubborn Yarmulke Gaming Laptop good for her
social mobility exists |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 1:26 AM Author: big orange factory reset button 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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