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Feel good story of the day: Homeless to Harvard in Mississippi
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:12 am
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:12 am
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Hunter Mollett hasn't had an easy life.
Not too long ago, the Mississippi high school senior was living in a trailer without power or water with just a griddle to cook on, and no food. He'd spend his nights on a park bench in hot, humid weather with mosquitoes biting him as he tried to sleep.
“The longest I remember going without food was four days,” Mollett recalls. “My parents got a bag of frozen peas that someone had put up way long ago. We cooked those and mixed up some cornmeal with water and fried it. That was the best meal I had eaten in my life. I never want to be without food again.”
Things are better these days, since the Enterprise High School student and accomplished trumpeter found out he was accepted into one of the most prestigious universities in the world — Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hunter Mollett hasn't had an easy life.
Not too long ago, the Mississippi high school senior was living in a trailer without power or water with just a griddle to cook on, and no food. He'd spend his nights on a park bench in hot, humid weather with mosquitoes biting him as he tried to sleep.
“The longest I remember going without food was four days,” Mollett recalls. “My parents got a bag of frozen peas that someone had put up way long ago. We cooked those and mixed up some cornmeal with water and fried it. That was the best meal I had eaten in my life. I never want to be without food again.”
Things are better these days, since the Enterprise High School student and accomplished trumpeter found out he was accepted into one of the most prestigious universities in the world — Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:15 am to anc
thats awesome
good for him
good for him
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:16 am to anc
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the Mississippi high school senior was living in a trailer without power or water with just a griddle to cook on, and no food.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:16 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:20 am to Riseupfromtherubble
That's what we here in 'Sippi call anorexic. Poor ole boy looks like he hasn't eaten in weeks.
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 9:21 am
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:22 am to anc
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without power or water with just a griddle to cook on, and no food.
So he ate no food on a griddle he couldn't power on?
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But very cool story.
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 9:23 am
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:25 am to anc
Good for that kid. Can't imagine what he went through. And to be able to succeed when you're going days without food is an incredible thing. And now hopefully he'll be set up for life
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:26 am to anc
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Not too long ago, the Mississippi high school senior was living in a trailer without power or water with just a griddle to cook on, and no food. He'd spend his nights on a park bench in hot, humid weather with mosquitoes biting him as he tried to sleep.
Yet some post-grads will bitch and moan because no one wants to pay off his 150k liberal arts degree or give him a job making 100k. This guy gets it though. No excuses. Doesn't give a shite where he's at, just hell bent on getting where he is going.
This is why America is the land of OPPORTUNITY
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:54 am to anc
I needed that. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:57 am to anc
Good for him BUT
and
are 2 things that just don't go together
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Harvard
and
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Mississippi
are 2 things that just don't go together
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:07 am to Wtodd
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2 things that just don't go together
Very rare instance. Even with all the advantages one could have in life its only a miniscule % that get accepted or even apply.
Two things that do go hand in hand are Florida & Bath Salts though. A tale as old as time.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:14 am to Saskwatch
The best part about this story is he convinced a bunch of raging Liberals to feel compassion for a white, Southern male.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:16 am to lsu711
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The best part about this story is he convinced a bunch of raging Liberals to feel compassion for a white, Southern male.
was coming to post this. Funny but so so true
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:20 am to Wtodd
All things considered, its easier for a white baw from Mississippi to get into Harvard or any Ivy than it is for a trust fund kid with a perfect ACT/SAT score.
The article did not mention his ACT score, but a couple years ago there was a girl from Mississippi that went to Yale and she had a 30 ACT. That's good, but it doesn't scream Ivy League good.
Here is Harvard's acceptance graph
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The article did not mention his ACT score, but a couple years ago there was a girl from Mississippi that went to Yale and she had a 30 ACT. That's good, but it doesn't scream Ivy League good.
Here is Harvard's acceptance graph
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 10:23 am
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:29 am to anc
That graph is mind-boggling... person with below an 18 on the ACT and a 2.0 accepted to Harvard 
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:34 am to peaster68
Turned it down too.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:39 am to GCTiger11
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That's what we here in 'Sippi call anorexic. Poor ole boy looks like he hasn't eaten in weeks.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 10:45 am to anc
Looks like the transgender minority was the 18 with a 2.5 GPA.
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