<p>Could that serve as motivation for us?</p>
<p>cause hes smart and he got affirmative action</p>
<p>he must have had a high gpa</p>
<p>His dad died.... So like, that would be a great essay topic, which also probably got him into Harvard Law.</p>
<p>"cause hes smart and he got affirmative action"</p>
<p>Nu-uh, he'd only get half of affirmative action 'cause he's half-white.</p>
<p>Occidental has a deal with Columbia that says that some oxy grads are guaranteed to go to Columbia law school. I'm guessing that relationship between the two schools helped him out.</p>
<p>Can we transfer into Columbia? Yes, we can!</p>
<p>No, his mother died after he graduated law school. She apparently spent her last days "worrying about medical bills," as a recent ad reminds us. Her HLS-educated son could not help...</p>
<p>How did he do it? He's pretty book smart. I'm sure he scored in the mid 170s on his LSAT.</p>
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<p>lol (insert speech of vague and hopeful sentiment)</p>
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Um, he went to Harvard Law School. He transferred to Columbia undergrad.</p>
<p>I never said he went to law school at Columbia. I'm just saying that since the schools have that relationship, oxy students may get preferential treatment when transferring.</p>
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there are a bunch of LACs that have that arrangement with Columbia. I don't think it helps with the transfer process.</p>
<p>omg. its cause hes black and smart. there. why cant anyone accept that? do you think columbia would have accepted him if were white and got 2.0 gpa?</p>
<p>^^^^^^
Ambitious (To be 44th president of the United States) + Smart (graduated top of Harvard Law) + Affirmative Action + Oxy = Done deal</p>
<p>This was over 25 years ago, things were different back then. The college process has greatly changed since then.</p>
<p>they didnt have affirmative action 25 yrs ago???!!! you sure??!?!</p>
<p>"omg. its cause hes black and smart. there. why cant anyone accept that? do you think columbia would have accepted him if were white and got 2.0 gpa?"</p>
<p>He's half-white.</p>
<p>yeah but you are qualified as black, especially with a last name like Obama. i knew someone who was half japanese and half black and he got into harvard. he told me harvard classified him as just black</p>
<p>50% Affirmative Action
50% Effort/intelligence </p>
<p>IMO</p>
<p>Hasn't anyone mentioned that Oxy is a superb school and if he did well there, he'd do as well or better at Columbia?</p>
<p>Jay Mathews transfered from Oxy to Harvard undergrad, which is the basis of his book Harvard</a>, Schmarvard.</p>