Harvard to Hornstine: No Way New Jersey’s most famous valedictorian loses her dream

July 21 issue — By now, Blair Hornstine expected to be packing her bags for Harvard, where she was in the class of 2007. But the 18-year-old from Moorestown, N.J., is making other plans.

THE HARVARD CRIMSON reported last week that the school had rescinded Hornstine’s acceptance after learning that she had used unattributed text from other authors in columns for a local paper.

Hornstine drew national headlines this spring when she sued her high school because officials wanted her to share the valedictorian title. She won, but the popular backlash against her was so severe that she didn’t attend graduation. Students at Moorestown and Harvard scorned her as a whiny brat who got special treatment because of a medical disability that causes chronic fatigue.

Hornstine’s lawyer, Edwin Jacobs Jr., says the rejection was mutual. “Blair had decided to tender a withdrawal of her application simply because of the rabid, negative publicity on that campus,” he says.

Harvard won’t comment, but accepted students are always told that admission can be revoked for behavior that questions “honesty, maturity or moral character.”

Rutgers professor Donald McCabe, an expert on student cheating, says that Harvard did the right thing: “She violated a standard the university is trying to enforce.” Current students caught plagiarizing are “ordinarily required to withdraw,” according to the student handbook.

At the moment, Hornstine is taking college classes (at an undisclosed campus) and figuring out her next move. “Blair has been exploring other alternatives, namely campuses less hostile than Harvard,” says Jacobs.

So Blair 'withdrew' her application before her admission could be rescinded? I think her mob lawyer thinks he's trying to win a case he's already lost.

Meaning trying to find a college that has suffiently low self-esteem that they'll take Blair (to puff up their "average SAT of entering class" stat).

Oops - the title should read:

Harvard to Hornstine - "No Way":
New Jersey’s most famous valedictorian loses her dream

NEWSWEEK

July 21 issue — By now, Blair Hornstine expected to be packing her bags for Harvard, where she was in the class of 2007. But the 18-year-old from Moorestown, N.J., is making other plans.

THE HARVARD CRIMSON reported last week that the school had rescinded Hornstine’s acceptance after learning that she had used unattributed text from other authors in columns for a local paper.

Harvard won’t comment, but accepted students are always told that admission can be revoked for behavior that questions “honesty, maturity or moral character.”

At the same time, Harvard has been exploring its own alternatives. Namely trying to locate and enroll students less hostile than Hornstine.

Some people are lawsuits waiting to happen...do not hire or tender assistance to any such people.

Gum

She manipulated the system and recieved what the system allowed. I have seen that also, special circumstances which allow a one class per semester scenario. However, it was made clear she could not have standing for valedictorian because of it.

The plagerism bit is a streach. Harvard just wanted to save their own face. (true leftist style.) If they were serious that would have accepted her and stuck by their review of her. Then again, harvard is showing THEIR OWN moral character.

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