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re: New Orleans student accepted to 125 schools, receives $9M in scholarship offers
Posted on 4/25/23 at 7:05 pm to HenryParsons
Posted on 4/25/23 at 7:05 pm to HenryParsons
Friend,
It is more challenging to get accepted at one Ivy League school than to get $10 million in scholarship offers after applying to 200 schools. Such a stunt is nothing but for publicity. It’s the equivalent of a QB passing for 500 yards in a game that the team loses by 50. It is a waste of time and resources to apply to that many schools and such a vainglorious effort should not be lauded.
Education is essential for a well functioning democracy. I applaud those youth who challenge themselves with difficult courses in school, be they English or calculus. I do hope this student decides to focus on learning rather than hitting a meaningless number of monetary offers. I am a proud graduate of Delgado who did not receive a scholarship, but I did receive a world class education there.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
It is more challenging to get accepted at one Ivy League school than to get $10 million in scholarship offers after applying to 200 schools. Such a stunt is nothing but for publicity. It’s the equivalent of a QB passing for 500 yards in a game that the team loses by 50. It is a waste of time and resources to apply to that many schools and such a vainglorious effort should not be lauded.
Education is essential for a well functioning democracy. I applaud those youth who challenge themselves with difficult courses in school, be they English or calculus. I do hope this student decides to focus on learning rather than hitting a meaningless number of monetary offers. I am a proud graduate of Delgado who did not receive a scholarship, but I did receive a world class education there.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
This post was edited on 4/25/23 at 7:07 pm
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Posted on 4/25/23 at 7:31 pm to TulaneLSU
This is the equivalent of going to 100 car dealerships and negotiating a 1000 discount at each one and claiming that you received $100,000 discount on a car.
He will only “receive” the scholarships from the college that he chooses. If the stays in NOLA, he has to survive to actually get the scholarships too.
He will only “receive” the scholarships from the college that he chooses. If the stays in NOLA, he has to survive to actually get the scholarships too.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 7:35 pm to latech15
quote:
He will only “receive” the scholarships from the college that he chooses
No way????
Get your education young man and do what everyone else does that gets credentialed, get the frick out of Louisiana and never come back.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 7:42 pm to HenryParsons
i guess should have known, but i just don't understand people shitting on this kid for doing something positive, something that so many here clamor for from the AA community, and yet here it is, and STILL finding fault in it... wtf?
can't y'all just be happy for the kid, congratulate him on his achievements, and wish him well for the future? why is that so fricking hard?
can't y'all just be happy for the kid, congratulate him on his achievements, and wish him well for the future? why is that so fricking hard?
This post was edited on 4/25/23 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 4/25/23 at 7:44 pm to chRxis
ChatGBT wrote the essays.
Brilliant
Brilliant
Posted on 4/25/23 at 7:47 pm to whoa
Publicity stunt.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 7:53 pm to HenryParsons
How is this an accomplishment? It’s not like he’s a National Merit Finalist.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:11 pm to chRxis
quote:
can't y'all just be happy for the kid, congratulate him on his achievements, and wish him well for the future? why is that so fricking hard?
C'mon man, its because he is.....its because he is....from New Orleans.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:43 pm to chRxis
quote:
guess should have known, but i just don't understand people shitting on this kid for doing something positive, something that so many here clamor for from the AA community, and yet here it is, and STILL finding fault in it... wtf?
can't y'all just be happy for the kid, congratulate him on his achievements, and wish him well for the future? why is that so fricking hard?
Applying to 200 colleges at 62.5% acceptance rate to hit a cumulative total in scholarships isn’t really an accomplishment. With common apps it’s not even that time consuming anymore to apply to multiple places. When the kid finally announces where he is going and possibly posts scholarship for that university than we could possibly celebrate something.
Or maybe if he posts receipts for paying for each application in full like every one else we could celebrate that he or parents already have the kind of money to be able throw money away on publicity stunts like this.
This post was edited on 4/25/23 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:52 pm to HenryParsons
He’s gonna choose John Melvin University in Crowley, LA
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:26 pm to HenryParsons
That’s cool, I just needed to applied to 1
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:06 pm to eatpie
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His GPA is certainly a testament,
GPA doesn't mean shite by it's self. Does he take any AP or Honors classes? What is his ACT or SAT score? Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:09 pm to HenryParsons
Did they wave the application fees?
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:09 pm to Triggerr
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Did they wave the application fees?
first thought, then I saw his pic, of course they did
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:11 pm to HenryParsons
quote:WTF is this even supposed to mean. Almost by definition, if he applied to 200 schools, he was accepting a pretty low bar on many of them.
"I submitted college applications in August, with an eye on raising the bar high for college admissions.
This post was edited on 4/25/23 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:14 pm to MrWhipple
quote:Well, I'm not sure that's right. e.g. if he were taking all AP courses, those are legit harder than the non-AP versions.
Everything above a 4.0 is just a game.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:39 pm to danilo
quote:Yep. We just did a college tour a few weeks ago, and that was explained. Outside of Ivy League schools, I'm certain my kid would be accepted by any university that she applied to. She's almost ran out of AP classes to take. Next year, she's taking AP Chemistry and AP Physics and I forget what the other AP classes she taking, and have already taken. She just took the ACT a couple of weeks ago and said it was easy. Looking very forward to seeing that first score.
Believe some schools use a single standard application which is sent to all
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:56 pm to Thacian
quote:
This is stupid. Criminal justice? Working for the Federal Bureau of Investigations or the CIA is hardly stupid.
Better off having a specialty like accounting or some hard science than CJ..
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:58 pm to Thacian
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Working for the Federal Bureau of Investigations or the CIA is hardly stupid.
This isn’t the major those programs look for lol
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:58 pm to HenryParsons
Is he an athlete? Why does this look like an athlete making his signing announcement ?
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