[SharpRightTurn]

If she did this solely on merit, more power to her. If she was given grade inflation to vault her above other students so teachers and administrators could gush over a “compelling life story,” then the award is a fraud and other students were cheated.

[17th Miss Regt]

Her parents came over here from Cameroon and had her work hard to get good grades in high school so she could go to college. That is great for her. But now she is going to Harvard. So, in four years she will come home with a hatred for her family, America, and probably all men (if she is not already transitioning to male). Going to Harvard used to be something to be proud of. Now it is a mark of poor-quality education and ill temperament.

[aquila48]

“If she did this solely on merit, more power to her. If she was given grade inflation to vault her above other students so teachers and administrators could gush over a “compelling life story,” then the award is a fraud and other students were cheated.”

Yep. In today’s world of preferential treatment, affirmative action and desire to promote black success, you have to take every story like this with a pound of salt.

But I hope she truly earned it and that she will do good in life.

[Myrddin]

All the soft peddling that gets you in the door is no help once you are sitting in a classroom full of cut-throat competitive fellow students. If you are not up to that level of academic excellence, you'll have a problem even finishing the first semester/quarter. The full ride scholarship might prejudice the academic performance standards in favor of pocketing the money. If that is in play, she will be allowed to "slide" through finishing with "gentleman's grades" to get the degree from Harvard. It is that sort of practice that has cheapened the value of a Harvard degree.