<p>Today my sister was denied admission to the University of Illinois.</p>
<p>She was extremely upset (bawling, vomiting, etc) for about an hour, and now she's just disappointed and willing to accept the fact.</p>
<p>My mom, however, who was SURE that she would get in, got on the phone immediately and called UIUC, informing the administration that she has "every intention of driving 10 hours to Champaign-Urbana to physically beat the living ... out of the entire admissions committee" if the admission decision was not reversed.</p>
<p>The admin said that she would "See what she could do," and asked for her NAME.</p>
<p>My sister is now in a fight with my mom, because she thinks she is taking it too far.</p>
<p>Is this going to help my sister, or hurt her?
Is it going to affect my intended transfer to UIUC next year?</p>
<p>A parent threatening violence against the admissions committee can never be in the student’s best interest. Frankly, I don’t think parents getting involved at all with a rejection is in the student’s best interest. I would think that it would be best for the STUDENT to contact her admissions rep if she wanted more information on her rejection or advice on a possible future transfer. Why was your mother so sure she’d get in?</p>
<p>I doubt it’ll make a difference for your sister; she’s already rejected, and your mom’s phone call won’t change anything. Nor should it affect you.</p>
<p>Good Lord! I doubt it will help your sister at all. Probably the complete opposite. Why would they want to risk admitting a student whose mother now has a history of threatening violence toward them? If I were them I would be sending a restraining order, not an acceptance letter.</p>
<p>Wow. My mom is thinking of doing the same thing to a college that deferred me. Except she’s doing it in a more diplomatic fashion. She plans to contact a few professors she knows, write to our Congressman, and formally accuse the school of discriminating against my minority status.</p>
People like your mother degrade race relations in America just as much as any racist nowadays. Does she think that people who voted for McCain did so only because they’re racist?</p>
<p>…im tired of the whole “i didnt get get accpeted bc they discriminated against my minority status”
…im sorry by get over it and move on. colleges and universities today are moree than generous when it comes to accepting minorities. so to even say that is rediculous. How does your minority status make you more qualified than another?</p>
<p>Your sister’s chances of getting admitted are very low. If she actually goes there and confronts them, your mother’s chances of getting arrested are pretty high.</p>
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<p>It’s not going to help. They will certainly remember your mother.</p>
<p>“Wow. My mom is thinking of doing the same thing to a college that deferred me. Except she’s doing it in a more diplomatic fashion. She plans to contact a few professors she knows, write to our Congressman, and formally accuse the school of discriminating against my minority status.”</p>
<p>All this will do is tick off the admission staff, annoy the professors and Congressman’s staff, and make your mother, and unfortunately you, look bad. You still won’t get in, but you will be remembered in a bad way by many including some whom you may encounter later.</p>
<p>You have to deal with rejection sometime in your life</p>
<p>I hate how some ignorant people will pull the race card when they don’t get something they want. I am not saying it is common, but it does happen and is just as bad as someone saying “He’s mexican, I don’t want him”.</p>