Meet Kwasi Enin: The boy who was accepted into EVERY Ivy League school - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;44429464]Welcome to America, comrade. [editline]2nd April 2014[/editline] So was this really an April Fool's prank, or did this just happen to come up at the wrong time of the month? I don't think I've ever heard of anyone getting into every single Ivy League before.[/QUOTE] Bad timing on my part when posting. Not an April's Fool joke, I forgot to post one of those yesterday. Probably the first time in 3 years I didn't post something from the Onion :v:

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;44428845]who still don't manage to get into all the ivies you do realize that because ivies get applicants with all that, that they care even more about ec's and other stuff which this guy obviously was doing[/QUOTE] Musician, athlete, and volunteer at the local hospital aren't impressive ecs for an ivy league applicant either! Unless he's shitting out arias and sprinting olympic qualifying times, he still seems like a below average to average ivy league applicant. I'm no opponent to affirmative action, diversity policy, and what have you. But from what the article lists, he's a plain applicant and it's hard to believe something race-related didn't have its hand in this. [QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;44428845]there were maybe at most two people who got into all the ivies in my entire state i only knew one[/QUOTE] Sorry, but to a dude who's in a relatively competitive school district, the getting into the ivies may be spectacular, but it doesn't seem wholly deserved. [QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;44428845][B]every one of these "impressive kid" articles get shit on by people who are nowhere near as hard-working or talented and its absolutely hilarious[/B][/QUOTE] I can name at least eight or ten people who have done everything he's done, but better, who were slammed by nearly every ivy they applied to.

[QUOTE=Complifused;44422909]Brown indeed[/QUOTE] I know this sounds dumb, but your post made me lol majorly hard.

How sad is it that Facepunch's first, and continued, response to this article was to immediately criticize and undermine Kwasi Enin's accomplishments based on his race?

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;44450670]How sad is it that Facepunch's first, and continued, response to this article was to immediately criticize and undermine Kwasi Enin's accomplishments based on his race?[/QUOTE] It doesn't just happen on Facepunch. I've talked about this student with people in real life and I've mostly heard the same thing "They let him in because he's black". Of course when I respond "Ohhhh, so that explains why most of the students at Harvard are black, because they get first shot" they just look at me annoyed that I'm not playing along with that stupidity. It's what happens when there is no diversity, people who are the majority see that as the norm. Any deviation from that HAS to be due to some other reason, like sex/race/religion, and not due to the person's efforts. A woman gets a promotion? Who is she having sex with to get that promotion? A white guy gets a promotion? Bob's a hard worker, he earned that. A black guy gets a promotion? He's their token black in management, that's all.

[QUOTE=Pat4ever;44425996]what ethnicity is he[/QUOTE] Chinese.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;44450670]How sad is it that Facepunch's first, and continued, response to this article was to immediately criticize and undermine Kwasi Enin's accomplishments based on his race?[/QUOTE] Affirmative action in america is a huge joke and you should know that. To deny that his name had anything to do with it or his race is just naive.

[QUOTE=Billiam;44447519]I can name at least eight or ten people who have done everything he's done, but better, who were slammed by nearly every ivy they applied to.[/QUOTE] What league of superhumans do you hang with that took more than 11 AP classes, along with all those extracurriculars? Unless literally all they did was go to school, go to practice, and then suffer through hours of AP high school homework until they passed out each day.

[QUOTE=Mbbird;44426645]this kid has literally not had a childhood. why do people do this.[/QUOTE] This is dumb. Because the kid is smart it implies he had a tough childhood? AP classes are easy as hell. They're just enjoyable to be in because the teacher actually treats you like an intelligent human being, unlike the regular classes where they make you do word searches. The amount of word searches that I was assigned [I]in high school[/I] astounds me to this day. [editline]10th April 2014[/editline] And the fact that this thread turned into an argument about race... what do you expect? When you entered this thread did you imagine everybody sitting around praising the guy? The internet always finds something to argue about. [editline]10th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Megafan;44506200]What league of superhumans do you hang with that took more than 11 AP classes, along with all those extracurriculars? Unless literally all they did was go to school, go to practice, and then suffer through hours of AP high school homework until they passed out each day.[/QUOTE] TBH I think you're totally overstating AP courses. And the only reason that most people don't take that many AP courses is because their schools just don't offer them. I took every AP course I could get my hands on and I still only managed to get about 5.

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;44506421]This is dumb. Because the kid is smart it implies he had a tough childhood? AP classes are easy as hell. They're just enjoyable to be in because the teacher actually treats you like an intelligent human being, unlike the regular classes where they make you do word searches. The amount of word searches that I was assigned [I]in high school[/I] astounds me to this day. [editline]10th April 2014[/editline] And the fact that this thread turned into an argument about race... what do you expect? When you entered this thread did you imagine everybody sitting around praising the guy? The internet always finds something to argue about. [editline]10th April 2014[/editline] TBH I think you're totally overstating AP courses. And the only reason that most people don't take that many AP courses is because their schools just don't offer them. I took every AP course I could get my hands on and I still only managed to get about 5.[/QUOTE] No. It's not saying that because he's smart he had a childhood. It's saying that he only focused on school and nothing else. Hence, no childhood. [editline]10th April 2014[/editline] And race totally has to do with it. Don't even deny that. When you see a Kwasi Enin type name at an admissions board, it stands out and you don't fucking deny it. It looks better to take a Kwasi Enin than a standard John Doe.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;44506550]No. It's not saying that because he's smart he had a childhood. It's saying that he only focused on school and nothing else. Hence, no childhood. [editline]10th April 2014[/editline] And race totally has to do with it. Don't even deny that. When you see a Kwasi Enin type name at an admissions board, it stands out and you don't fucking deny it. It looks better to take a Kwasi Enin than a standard John Doe.[/QUOTE] Gonna change my first name to Kwasi, wear a dashiki everywhere and watch the college offers just roll in

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;44506550]No. It's not saying that because he's smart he had a childhood. It's saying that he only focused on school and nothing else. Hence, no childhood.[/QUOTE] But he's an athlete, meaning he's into sports, and a musician. Those are both fun hobbies that don't have to be school related.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;44506550]No. It's not saying that because he's smart he had a childhood. It's saying that he only focused on school and nothing else. Hence, no childhood. [editline]10th April 2014[/editline] And race totally has to do with it. Don't even deny that. When you see a Kwasi Enin type name at an admissions board, it stands out and you don't fucking deny it. It looks better to take a Kwasi Enin than a standard John Doe.[/QUOTE] It probably confirms that admissions prefer a "jack-of-all-trades" guy. I scored well in 35 college courses and six available AP classes in my high school. I finished high school with the maximum amount of credits and status in my junior year. I also have 306 community hours, mostly from illegally volunteering as a pharmacy technician. I thought that I would get an edge because of my academic history, community involvement, and race, but I didn't. Unfortunately, my school didn't have a sports/music electives and my SAT score was weak (1860). Only my friends, who attended a normal high school, got into the prestigious "out of state" universities because of the electives and SAT scores.

I have little doubt it had much to do with his race. I mean, the guy is fairly talented and obviously hardworking. The difference between you and I is that he applied himself differently.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;44505312]Affirmative action in america is a huge joke and you should know that. To deny that his name had anything to do with it or his race is just naive.[/QUOTE] If your flagdog it's correct (I'm well aware it frequently isn't as you can see) you're not even from here but thanks for telling us how our country is

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;44505312]Affirmative action in america is a huge joke and you should know that. To deny that his name had anything to do with it or his race is just naive.[/QUOTE] To attempt to delegitimize the accomplishments of an incredibly intelligent, motivated, and driven student because of his name and race is offensively ignorant. He earned his spot in those schools as much as anyone else, and then some.

every1 in this thread mad cause they got beat by a dirty stinkin nig nog

[QUOTE=Primigenes;44507964]This kid had 11 AP Classes.[/QUOTE] And at my school, in whitey mcwhitehood, about 50 students per graduation have up to 24 or even 28. 11 AP classes means he took around 13 normal classes. That's just your lower line high achieving student. He worked hard, but seriously you [I]can't even possibly[/I] deny the fact that race had to do with it. Difficult schools like mine are a testament to that. I've heard of barely anyone at my school getting into ivy leagues, and if they did they didn't get into more than 4, nevermind 8.

My friend got a 35 ACT(was to be a 36 but it wasnt counted for some reason) and had pretty much paid for entry into any college. "Too much effort and travel" so he just stayed in the state :v:

[QUOTE=Venezuelan;44430319]You realize the odds of someone applying being equivalent to you in every way except for race is about as likely as the odds of them randomly picking you from the pool of people you're tied with (which would be the only other sensible option if you were all truly equivalent). No one is actually admitted "just because of their race" they just get the tiniest of boosts when compared to the shitload of applications that are all the same. Because like it or not, regardless of economic standing, you ARE still in danger of being discriminated against for the color of your skin. So instead of just drawing straws they pick the one that's at danger of being disadvantaged.[/QUOTE] When did I say anything about being equivalent in every other respect? Schools are able to take a worse minority student over a better white student for no other reason than increasing the diversity (diversity of color mind you, not ideas) of the campus. ([URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger[/URL]) [editline]11th April 2014[/editline] The strongest proof of race based acceptance can be found in medical schools. An average score will net a white student about a 20%-30% chance of being accepted, but that same score will net a black student an incredible 70%-80% chance of being accepted. ([url]https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/157998/mcat-gpa-grid-by-selected-race-ethnicity.html[/url])