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Teenager accepted by all 20 top-ranked universities he applied to — with full scholarships
https://www.msn.com/ ^ | 4/2/18

Posted on 04/04/2018 7:10:51 AM PDT by BBell

A high school senior from Houston, Texas, was accepted by each of the 20 top-ranked universities to which he applied — and was offered a full scholarship to every single one of them.

Michael Brown, a 17-year-old student at Lamar High School, went viral after he was caught on camera screaming in glee upon learning he was accepted into Stanford University in December.

Little did the teen know at the time, but his excitement would increase by a factor of 20 in March when he was also accepted into Harvard, Princeton, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Northwestern, Vanderbilt and the University of Michigan, among other prestigious colleges.

But what did it take for Brown to pull off his flawless clean sweep?

To start, the high schooler has an impressive 4.68 grade point average and an SAT score of 1540 out of 1600. His ACT score, a 34 out of a possible 36, proved to be just as excellent.

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TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: accepted; michaelbrown; sholarships; teenager; universities
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To: CptnObvious
I thought 4.0 was tops.

You are 20 years behind. 4.0 was the very top when you and I went to school. Then grade inflation made 4.0 as common as dirt. So they added "honors" classes which could push you over 4.0. Then grade inflation took off again because they dumbed down the honors classes.

Why did they do that? Because minorities were underrepresented in the top achievers group. To fix that and create rewards for the truly brilliant, they created "Advaned Placement" classes to push GPAs into the mid- to high-4 range.

I'll give you one guess as to what's happening now.

My sister is a teacher and I get an earful about this stuff all the time.

61 posted on 04/04/2018 8:12:46 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: rb22982

I stand corrected. I have no reason to doubt your 6.0 explanation of an AP class other than that’s not how it was done 30 years ago. With those figures, I bet you overstate the Asian’s kids chances.


62 posted on 04/04/2018 8:13:57 AM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: BBell

I never “screamed with glee” over personal academic achievements in my life. And I had a few. I predict that this kid will be a burned-out wreck if he doesn’t get his priorities in order by age 25.


63 posted on 04/04/2018 8:16:23 AM PDT by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: BBell

Schools like these are so desperate for African-Americans with even a chance to be successful there that this is not at all surprising.

And for those who deride the polisci/law school choice?

This kid obviously knows the system well, and how to work it. If he wants to be rich, or even more if he wants to be powerful, it’s his obvious choice.


64 posted on 04/04/2018 8:17:11 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: CptnObvious
Huh, I thought 4.0 was tops. What scale is this?

That's an A++

65 posted on 04/04/2018 8:18:17 AM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: originalbuckeye

Did he end up getting in at Princeton after being wait listed? My advice in applying would be to include some of the lower ranked Ivys as well as some of the top ones. Kudos for at least being wait listed at Princeton (I went to Cornell, and, as the great Cornellian song states, we didn’t get into Harvard)
https://www.google.ca/search?q=we+didn%27t+go+to+harvard+cayuga%27s+waiters&rlz=1C1GGRV_enCA775CA775&oq=we+didn%3Bt+go+to+h&aqs=chrome.4.69i57j0l5.12968j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


66 posted on 04/04/2018 8:19:38 AM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: OttawaFreeper

Camera Hogg, I’m sure will not be available for comment.


67 posted on 04/04/2018 8:22:04 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: Manly Warrior

Yeah those scores were pretty much everyone where I went to collage.


68 posted on 04/04/2018 8:25:55 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: BBell

Maybe he will do something with his life. We have plenty enough aspiring rappers and gangland thugs to last out the century.


69 posted on 04/04/2018 8:27:34 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Hieronymus

He didn’t respond to them, so I suspect they dropped him. This was 15 years ago. He did get into the Military Academy of his choice. Actually his first choice anyway.


70 posted on 04/04/2018 8:33:26 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: BBell

Not trying to brag but I had a 1638 on my SAT...if you add up all the scores from the 3 times I took it!


71 posted on 04/04/2018 8:33:49 AM PDT by Typelouder
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To: originalbuckeye

Very good. I suspect that an Academy education is probably superior in a great many ways to an Ivy education. I like a happy ending.


72 posted on 04/04/2018 8:43:38 AM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: BBell; All

Apologies if this has already been posted as I haven’t read through all of the posts. If you take any courses at a Community College or any University, during your Junior year or Senior year in high school, an A in a college course is worth 5 points. That is how kids get an over 4 point GPA. The top kid in my son’s class had taken several courses at our local Community College......and if he was going to get a B, he always dropped the class. A ‘B’ in a college class was only worth 4 points and would have dragged down his GPA. So yes, there is also manipulation that is easy to do........


73 posted on 04/04/2018 8:45:59 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: BBell

“20 top-ranked universities “

Pick your poison.


74 posted on 04/04/2018 9:01:31 AM PDT by BlueYonder
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To: originalbuckeye

Post 47 is the only other one that addresses the issue—which is a very important one for us old fogies (and I’m not 50 yet) to understand. I suspect there are a variety of different systems—but they are both valuable in showing that a 4.0 today is equal to a 4.0 from 1930 in the same way that a $20 federal reserve note is equal to a $20 federal reserve note from 1930.

I’ve moved up to Canada, and haven’t kept up on U.S. GPAs. I will say that his SAT/ACTs do look very solid, whatever his GPA means—they might not be quite what they were 30 years ago, but those numbers still mean something.


75 posted on 04/04/2018 9:04:27 AM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
One’s success depends on the individual, not the name of the institution.

False. Sadly.

At an Ivy, you rub elbows with the leaders of the future. That exposure is priceless.

76 posted on 04/04/2018 9:07:27 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: BBell
A quick google search showed me that blacks get an extra 230 points on their SAT scores.

If they are a black legacy student they get an additional 160 points.

Asians get penalized 50 points.

WTF even? Why do we allow this bullsh8t?

77 posted on 04/04/2018 9:12:18 AM PDT by riri
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To: BBell

My cynicism kicked in and asked me “How many Institutions of Higher Learning (HMM) ‘jumped on the bandwagon’ and add scholarships while knowing no way he can pick all of them?”

All these ‘geniuses’ (Hopefully he is legit) need to be tracked and see where they are in Junior & Senior years


78 posted on 04/04/2018 9:14:54 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""Liberals suffer from PTDS -PRESIDENT TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME")
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To: BBell
he reportedly plans to major in political science and hopes to one day become a lawyer.

It is a joyful report except for this.

79 posted on 04/04/2018 9:16:13 AM PDT by arthurus (c)
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To: CptnObvious

Itmeans he aced some college courses during his Senior year and maybe his junior year, too.


80 posted on 04/04/2018 9:17:51 AM PDT by arthurus (ki)
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