<p>Newspaper headline:....."Amelia High School junior heads to Harvard"</p>
<p>From <a href="mailto:clermont@communitypress.com">clermont@communitypress.com</a><a href="Serving%20suburban%20Cincinnati">/email</a> </p>
<p>Seeing the below quote, I feel rather sorry for her because if she doesn't get into one of those 5 Ivies, she's going to be very embarrassed after all of the publicity she's gotten. I also fear that she and her family are among the people who erroneously assume that going to Harvard's summer school means that one is a shoo-in to get into Havard for college.</p>
<p>"Harvard is the kind of school I intend on applying to for college," she said. "I know I am applying to five Ivy League schools and one or two others that have that same kind of academic reputation."</p>
<p>I highly doubt that she won't get into any of those 5 ivies. If she got into Harvard SSP then she's a shoe-in for admission at Cornell or Penn at the very least.</p>
<p>It really is not that hard to get into SSP. She's not a shoo-in for any Ivies. Virtually no one is.</p>
<p>Note that many local citizens have contributed to a fund to pay her tuition. </p>
<p>It sends a message to all the local kids: if you work hard, you will achieve success.... You too may attend Harvard!!</p>
<p>(And memo to Northstarmom: stop stepping on her teenage dreams and - indeed - the dreams of all Queen City teens!! This girl is on her way to HARVARD!)</p>
<p>No one is a shoe-in for any one ivy, but if your probability of getting in is favorable at a bunch of ivy schools then your chances of getting into at least one of them are very high.</p>
<p>lol, I got into Harvard SSP, does it mean that I'm in Harvard for sure? Of course not! Why did they make a big deal out of it? But she must be a superb student seeing that they gave her half off the cost of eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p>I agree with Northstarmom.</p>
<p>Its a feather in the cap of the whole community - a source of pride for every man, woman and child in the West Cleremont School District!</p>
<p>No wonder everybody is kicking in to pay her way "back east!"</p>
<p>Byerly, you've once again hit the nail on the head!</p>
<p>Thats crap! She recieved half of the cost? $4050?? I only recieved $2025 and Im freaking poor. Lol. Anyways thats so tacky that she gets an article because she got into the summer school. I want an article too dammit, but the truth of the matter is that SSP isnt that important. Big Deal. Stupid small town and small town crap.....lol</p>
<p>"but if your probability of getting in is favorable at a bunch of ivy schools then your chances of getting into at least one of them are very high."</p>
<p>But, who's probability is favorable of getting into at least one Ivy? Billionaire and celebrities' kids. Teens who are world class prodigies (e.g. Yoyo Ma) or athletes of national/international renown, and teens with sky high stats who also come from very underrepresented states (Miss. ) or countries.</p>
<p>I don't think that the young woman in question meets such criteria. Certainly, she might get into Harvard and/or other Ivies, but IMO the oddss are as long as for most students, and it's not a good idea to have her local paper say where she plans to apply.</p>
<p>The Batavia, Ohio community journal does NOT serve "suburban Cincinatti". The Community Press website contains pages serving communities in the area of Suburban Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Batavia is a good 30 miles from downtown Cincinnati, a city of 300,000 that doesn't sprawl THAT much. The two aren't even in the same county.</p>
<p>A quick hop over to Wikipedia:</p>
<p>"Batavia is a village located in Clermont County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,617."</p>
<p>I can buy that it's a big deal for a kid from a village with fewer people than many high schools to get to go to an academically enriching program. It's wonderful that she's able to have the opportunity to pursue that sort of thing over the summer. But come on. Its just not that impressive unless she's applying for jobs IN Batavia, OH.</p>
<p>Being from a small Midwestern town may be a big plus for her when it comes to applying.</p>
<p>This story is indeed playing all around the Cincinnati area, my friend. Note also the address of the School District to which financial contributions in support of the lucky girl are to be directed:</p>
<p>"The West Clermont Local School District has set up a fund to help finance the other half. Those who wish to make a donation should send a check to the West Clermont Local District and mail to the treasurer's office, 4350 Aicholtz Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45245. Note on the check it is a donation for Sunny Nguyen."</p>
<p>"But, who's probability is favorable of getting into at least one Ivy? Billionaire and celebrities' kids. Teens who are world class prodigies (e.g. Yoyo Ma) or athletes of national/international renown, and teens with sky high stats who also come from very underrepresented states (Miss. ) or countries."</p>
<p>I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that one. We need to start making a distinction between the Ivies as a whole, and HYP. It's true that the only people who have a favorable chance of getting into HYP are the type of people that you mentioned. However, it is also true that there is a very big difference between HYP and the other 5 schools in the Ivy League, as well as the non-Ivy prestigious schools such as Duke, Amherst, et al...</p>
<p>Admissions percentages alone can be misleading. For example, Columbia may (like HYP) accept only 10% of applicants but this doesn't take into account the fact that the overall caliber of applicants applying to Columbia is lower than the caliber of HYP applicants. </p>
<p>Since the caliber of applicants is lower, getting in is a lot easier.</p>
<p> I agree, Northstarmom
Byerly, the school district treasurer has an office in Cincinnati. That does not mean Cincinnatians read a local newspaper covering Batavia.
What do you base those ridiculous claims on, eyez?</p>
<p>So what you're saying is that getting into Penn or Columbia is as hard as getting into Harvard?</p>
<p>What I'm saying is that more people, typically, read stuff cut and pasted into these mushrooming suburban weeklies by their ownership chains than read stuff in declining flagships like the Cincinnati Enquirer.</p>
<p>Byerly, surely you can see that the only reason anyone cares about this girl getting into Harvard SSP is because she is from some small village where most teenagers probably don't even go to college. </p>
<p>These local articles are published all the time and whilst I'm sure it is important to the community it proves very little else.</p>