My college roommate, who was black, applied to Harvard Medical School. She was accepted, and they sent her an invitation to a “Third World Weekend,” so that she could decide whether “a student like yourself” could adapt to the Harvard environment.
“Joy, they noticed you’re from Houston,” I said. She ended up going to UC-San Francisco, the only out-of-state student they accepted that year.
Oh my!
The Texas Freepers will get you for that!
Maybe HMS saw Houston, thought Houston St, NYC, and thought your friend was really from the Bowery portion of Houston St?