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NJ teen gets accepted to all 8 Ivy League schools and Stanford
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Posted on 04/04/2017 3:26:22 PM PDT by ErikJohnsky

New Jersey high school senior Ifeoma White-Thorpe said she couldn't believe it when she heard back from all eight Ivy League schools and Stanford University -- and they all accepted her for the fall.

“I was shaking, I was like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, like this might be eight out of eight,” she said when she got her last Ivy League acceptance notice online.

Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Stanford all want to see on their campuses in the fall.

White-Thorpe, a hopeful future global health professional, told WABC that “so many of them have great research facilities, so I was like, I might as well just shoot my shot and apply.” She believes her love of poetry and writing helped her stand out.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; education
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To: ErikJohnsky

Bob Jones, Hillsdale, Liberty...maybe, just maybe The Citadel.


81 posted on 04/04/2017 5:08:01 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: snarkytart

“I’m sure she had great grades, but her race 100 percent had all those Ivy League schools falling all over themselves to get her in their school.”


Absolutely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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82 posted on 04/04/2017 5:08:10 PM PDT by Mears
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To: shelterguy

What do you think?


83 posted on 04/04/2017 5:13:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think it is good to see someone selected for those schools based on merit instead of color.


84 posted on 04/04/2017 5:18:10 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: snarkytart
she wants to study in the field of “global health professional” um what is that?

medecins sans frontiers - Doctors without Borders. She'll be sent to the Southern Sudan and never be heard from again.

85 posted on 04/04/2017 5:19:24 PM PDT by muleskinner
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To: aquila48

Yes. Sad that skin color gives a person an advantage. Why the reverse discrimination issue is “discrimination” no matter how they try to spin it.


86 posted on 04/04/2017 5:20:30 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: ErikJohnsky

“Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Stanford all want to see on their campuses in the fall. “

How about the University of Maryland, the state college of New Jersey?


87 posted on 04/04/2017 5:24:16 PM PDT by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen)
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To: shelterguy
White privilege.

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88 posted on 04/04/2017 5:26:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
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To: ErikJohnsky

I’m sure you had the same reaction I did, that she got in because she’s black. I blame the leftist “affirmative action” policies. If the young woman or young man was Jewish or Chinese, Japanese or Korean, or Indian-American, we would all assume the person was a real genius—probably scored 900,000 on the SAT, invented antigravity and speaks 12 languages; the next Nicola Tesla. But....but, sad to say, many of us who’ve attended college know first hand that many Black students are held to a lower standard for admission. And that policy was created by the hard left and very racist Democrat party.


89 posted on 04/04/2017 5:32:44 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: HollyB

Most of the Ivy league and other highly ranked private schools meet 100% of the need. If she is poor, she’ll get a free ride.


90 posted on 04/04/2017 5:59:37 PM PDT by BlissinNC
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Thanks for identifying her as Ibo. My doctor, a brilliant, perceptive guy, is Ibo, came to America from Nigeria for his MD. I really like him. Family man, precious little kids I ran into one Sunday afternoon. They were coming from church.

Hopefully this young woman has as much going for her.


91 posted on 04/04/2017 6:08:30 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: ErikJohnsky

This says much more about the willingness of elite schools to slobber all over themselves to enroll a smart black kid, than it says how smart she is.

It’s unfortunate in a way for her, because she will always carry the stigma that she got it because of affirmative action, rightly or wrongly.

It remains ever so true that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.


92 posted on 04/04/2017 6:16:23 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: karnage

Bell curve says no.


93 posted on 04/04/2017 6:19:51 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: shelterguy

yea he probably is, if you think about it. every year the news runs the story of the handful of students who get into every ivy league college and out of lets say 7 or 8 only one is usually white. The rest usually non white or non asian.
In a country majority white and also filled with over achieving Asian students that’s odd to me. Stop pretending this is not race based.
That’s fine but again, this is the establishment taking our money to actively discriminate against people.


94 posted on 04/04/2017 6:35:11 PM PDT by snarkytart (Mak)
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

I had a talented Nigerian friend. American blacks liked him at first because of his skin color, but then hated him because because he wad ambitious, talented, smart, responsible, hard-working, and successful. Sadly, so many American blacks are shameful racists.


95 posted on 04/04/2017 8:12:44 PM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: achilles2000

Interesting. Thanks for your comments.


96 posted on 04/04/2017 10:46:23 PM PDT by karnage
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To: Alberta's Child

Interesting points. Thanks, AC!


97 posted on 04/04/2017 10:47:49 PM PDT by karnage
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To: Celerity

To be honest, that is real racist then.


98 posted on 04/05/2017 9:48:07 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: snarkytart
"She wants to study in the field of “global health professional” Um, what is that?"

I'm assuming that that would be a massage parlor technician ... capable of giving you an "around the world" ...

99 posted on 04/05/2017 9:58:30 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: ought-six

Maybe she can write in cursive...?


100 posted on 04/05/2017 10:02:09 AM PDT by shotgun
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