<p>Ok, so my friend was admitted to Princeton and I was admitted to Penn M&T program. We both worked on our apps together and obviously invested alot in our acceptances to these schools. However, I think my friend might be throwing it all away. Well, first of all, he is very egotistical. He is the val of my class, has a 2400, and has done well in Intel/Siemens. However, a teacher gave him a detention for calling a girl who wasn't in the top 10% of our class and only had a 29 on her ACT an "affirmative action admit" when she got into Columbia ED and declared "her essays are what made her a shoe-in for the Ivy League." Anyway, he has never really gotten over his anger at this teacher for disciplining him, and I do think some of his anger can be justified. So, he sent an email essentially cussing out and calling the teacher "inferior" to him because this teacher went to basically a local community college. Could Princeton rescind him for this?</p>
<p>He sounds worse than egotistical.</p>
<p>If the teacher reports it, probably. He should’ve known better than to publicly call the girl an AA admit (although she sounds like one), and he definitely shouldn’t’ve sent the teacher that email. Is your friend Oriental?</p>
<p>Haha no hes Jewish, and hes actually a really good guy when we aren’t dealing with “school stuff.”</p>
<p>If the teacher reports the incident, it could hurt his admission to Princeton. I doubt she will say anything except maybe to his parents, but no matter what happens, the things he said to the girl and to the teacher are simply unacceptable.</p>
<p>No, I think he fits right in. Princeton is full of egotistical D-bags. He’ll probably be popular.</p>
<p>Nah…he’s fine. We all have those moments of hate for AA admits. Especially when people say that they aren’t an AA admit when they obviously are.</p>
<p>Uh oh. I called my AP Chem teacher a jerk and a lousy teacher in my end of the year letter to him…</p>
<p>Luckily, I’m not a senior.</p>
<p>Your friend seems extremely egotistical to me, why are you friends with some who would say that?lol</p>
<p>Well, I can understand him calling the girl an affirmative action admit because I often get very resentful when I see alot of these URMs get in with stats that are…well…terrible. Its the emailing the teacher that I found unexcusable.</p>
<p>Because certainly writing an angry email is the absolute BEST way to show that good-for-nothing teacher what for! That will certainly teach HIM a lesson!</p>
<p>wow a 29 ACT is terrible for Columbia?! Are you listening to yourself here? And I will agree that her not being in the top ten percent is arguable, but who are we to judge whether or not the person deserved that spot. Obviously admisssions thought she did.</p>
<p>Meh I would eagerly bet quite a bit of money that admissions would not have come to the same decision if literally EVERYTHING on her application was the same except her race was undisclosed (as you can prbly tell affirmative action has left a bad taste in my mouth as well). And yes, I would deem 29 horrible for any ivy.</p>
<p>@sstewart: </p>
<p>Virtually no one <em>unhooked</em> gets into any Ivy League school with a 29 on their ACT. Seriously, that’s like the equivalent of a 1920 on the SAT, which is pretty abysmal if you want to go to Columbia.</p>
<p>virtually! So that still leaves the space for some to get in. These comments are comming from the same people who think a 2300 is a bad score please. Lets all face it,yes AA did probably play a role, but to down play the applicant’s achievement is childish. Most, not all, of you are simply upset at the fact that admissions saw something in the applicant that they did not in you. @ Money4life, you are just bitter it seems, do I agree with AA, not necessarily, but just because one person had better stats, ECs,etc does not deem that person more worthy of a spot than that of someone with lower stats. As many have sad Ivies, and many other top universities, are a crapshoot; many people are rejected who you think would be accepted, and many are accepted who you would think be rejected. That’s life, especially if you are an IVY caliber applicant.</p>
<p>Ivy is not an acronym, stop capitalizing it as such.</p>
<p>Hmm interesting…so sstewart do you believe its likely this person would have been admitted if everything on her application was the same except for the fact that she was white? It is very irritating when students are extremely dismissive of the idea that AA played a role in their application even tho it clearly did.</p>
<p>“just because one person had better stats, ECs,etc does not deem that person more worthy of a spot than that of someone with lower stats”</p>
<p>In the eyes of the admissions committees, having better stats does not (ipso facto) make someone more deserving of a spot at an Ivy League school, but having better stats AND better ECs typically does. If you pooh-pooh both of those factors, then what are you really looking at?</p>
<p>Aww I am sorry I am irritating you Money4life, do you feel better now. Please like I give a damn about how you feel. If you would reread my posts, I do admitt that AA most likely did play a role, who am I to know, I can only assume, but you are bashing the applicants achievements to say that she only got in because of AA; yes AA could have played a part, but I highly doubt it was the main reason. Do I believe she would have gotten in, I don’t know, I am not an admission person. Also where does it state or even prove that having higher stats, ECs, etc makes you more deserving of a spot. Please point me to the right direction Almighty Ray121988.</p>
<p>I will capitalize whatever I feel like, sorry.;0</p>