re: So my daughter has received interest from an Ivy League school

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Her counselor feels like being a female from Mississippi is diverse enough to get in.

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yeah sometimes being a white person from the south going to an integrated public school will be almost as good as being an authentic minority. they're all weird in how they value that shite

my PSAT math score was off the charts, which is why i got shite from all the big schools

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I wanted to go somewhere where graduates matched all throughout the country bc I wasn't sure at that time where I wanted to live.

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When you're finished residency you'll get headhunter mailings offering you jobs all over the country every week. But I understand your point.

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UCLA or Cal.

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both fine schools, btw

for some reason i'd imagine privates would be more likely if you're a non-asian minority

UCLA and U-Cal have plenty of diversity i'd imagine

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Baby girl scored a 33 in 10th grade and came back with a 35 on the February test

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You must be very proud!
Congrats!

You guys should make a trip up this summer. Campus is beautiful. Ton of area history (Washington crossed the Delaware not far from the Campus). If she's serious about applying she'll need to take the SAT and a couple of SAT subject tests as I recall. If she's a junior now, she really needs to figure the SAT subject test thing out soon, especially if she's coming off an AP class or two.

You could always try this route

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i did in math and science. our gifted grouping had a really good mix of kids. some total nerds. some of the elite popularity level. lots of athletes. we had a competitive spirit in academics

now english? reading? frick...i was the guy who figured out how to work the system so we didn't have to read (thank you, internet)

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Geez we are like the same person. I always took math and science honors or AP. I even took independent study at LSU. But reading and english and social studies? Always not AP and I cut as many corners as possible.

I hate to steal thunder...but, my baby's momma's baby (Mocha Bellacopter) is getting interest from BOTH Devry Institute and University of Phoenix!

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now english? reading? frick...i was the guy who figured out how to work the system so we didn't have to read (thank you, internet)

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This was one of my worst subjects in school. I really don't see the need for things like poetry, stories from thousands of years ago. There's really no practical need for it. I can't think of anything I do that has a use for it. Even when I concentrated on it, I still sure as shite wasn't interested in it.

I like math and science more because it's something that cannot be disputed and it is fact that you will use in life no matter what you're doing. It's basically the language of god.

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my baby's momma's baby (Mocha Bellacopter)

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