Likely letter? (CAS, Pauline and Irving Tanner Dean's Scholarship)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>knick does sound like that england guy from a while ago.
Good facts to back up the accusation, too.</p>

<p>Did some research… okay, a lot.</p>

<p>Bloomberg is your mayor, right knicks?
I was just wondering, what was the Haiti foundation you founded (that’s raised over $700,000) which you got an award with the mayor? The $10,000 prize, is that split between two people? One of who may be you?</p>

<p>I mean, his website with all of the events he went to doesn’t seem to have the whole, “giving an award to you,” thing.</p>

<p>Just curious. I cannot seem to find anything on the first event.
I can’t find anything, but you may be able to.</p>

<p>I mean, the Daily New York doesn’t have any articles pertaining to your organization. Maybe I just skipped over a few articles. Who knows?</p>

<p>You could be the recipient of the $10,000 reward, though, because I did find two kids who split that prize money… But, that person looks too nice! Maybe you just have a split personality (in real life vs. the cyber world).</p>

<p>Wouldn’t be too good if MIT or Cornell accepted you based on false information. :cry:
Don’t want people telling them that it’s false, too. That would be horrible.</p>

<p>You’re not ■■■■■■■■ here, are you?</p>

<p>Just curious.
Just curious.</p>

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<p>Yeah I just got one of these in the mail. I also got in EA to Yale. I heard UPenn and columbia also sent out likely letters, but I just got one from Cornell.</p>

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<p>To supervisor, just saw your post.</p>

<p>I respect your research (and the time you have to do it). There was no monetary award or prize whatsoever; it was a scholarship awarded by the Board of Education on behalf of the City of New York at an award ceremony at which the Mayor gave out the plaques - probably to about 15 of us, maybe 20 as some recipients were unable to attend. There was no “prize money” and I am not exactly sure why you think there was. I never said anything about prize money. It was a scholarship that is paid by the City toward 4 years of tuition. I don’t get the money myself, nor did any of the other recipients. We each get 10,000 per year for up to 4 years of college. There is no “reward” and I also don’t know where you got that. I would never have referred to a reward when in reality it is a scholarship, only awardable toward college tuition expense for 4 years. The New York Daily News in early 2010 does have an article on high school fund raising efforts for Haiti. You may be looking at the right picture; I believe another student in the picture is from Brooklyn Tech, another magnet school. The article mentions serval names and schools that participated.</p>

<p>In terms of the Mayor, the closest any of us got was a simple handshake.</p>

<p>You can call, email or go in person to MIT or Cornell if you want, and if you have the time, I would encourage you to do that. Integrity and honesty is critical. However, I am not going to attend Cornell and sent them a letter by Certified mail turning down something called a Tanner Scholarship and a place in the class of 2015. I will, however, probably be going to Mass. Inst of Technology, unless I get admitted to Yale where I was previously deferred.</p>

<p>I do thank you for your attention and research efforts. I do not believe you are not ■■■■■■■■ and think you have a genuine interest in insuring that applicants submit bona fide and genuine credentials when applying to Institutions of Higher Learning. I would never accuse you of ■■■■■■■■, and please excuse me if anything I said suggests that.</p>

<p>Thank you for your research, curiosity, concern about integrity and genuine interest in insuring that students provide truthful and accurate information.</p>

<p>I do not know which College you will be attending, but I am sure that any school would be very honored to have you given your attention to detail and genuine concern for the truth. It is comforting to know that people like you are vigilant and do the necessary research to back up their findings. If you are going to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, I do believe you will be a great asset to a great Ivy League University, and I believe you will be very successful in your pursuits.</p>

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<p>[And that is how you weed the ■■■■■■ out.]</p>

<p>I didn’t mean “reward” like that - I just hate using the same words over and over again; I should have said scholarship, true. Came out wrong!</p>

<p>You never called me a ■■■■■, so it’s fine.
I would only follow up with checking for true facts if you had actually ■■■■■■■ harder after this.</p>

<p>Did you really think that guy was “John W”?
That is what prompted me to think that you were a ■■■■■ in the first place.</p>

<p>I said most of whatever else I had to say in that message. Just between us. :D</p>

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<p>It was not who I thought it was, so I apologize for that.</p>

<p>My friend and I actually walked over to his apartment tonight. Not only was it not him, he did not even know about the college confidential web site here. I should have known it was likely not him as he is not looking at any colleges outside of the city and is likely going to the CUNY sophie davis program. </p>

<p>Sorry about that.</p>

<p>Supervisor, by chance are you a student at Stuy, Tech or Science?</p>