To All the White Girls Who Didn't Get into the College of their Dreams

You don't even necessarily need to take APs to get that kind of GPA. "Honors" classes are also on a 5.0 scale in certain schools (and there's no 3 hour test in the spring).

Completely agreed on the SAT score. I had a similar score (albeit a decade ago on the old system) and had the lowest SAT score out of all my friends at one of the supposed "elite" colleges.

I'm an alumni interviewer for my alma mater, and have seen candidates far more impressive than Ms. Weiss denied admission this year. I honestly don't think I'd get into my school today.

edit: I remember reading the article by Suzy Weiss and thinking that she was just being facetious. Was she actually serious about that article? Wow. Or I guess the more likely situation is that while the article is satire, her feelings and outrage are genuine.

Well it is published on racialicious.com...IMO a select (and quite excellent) quote of the article is all that is needed:

"Plus, in singling out diversity as your issue, you're eliminating half the college applying population from your debate. By your logic, if a white girl with your background doesn't get into an Ivy League college, it’s because there weren't enough spots for white students that year. But, if a non-white girl with an identical profile is rejected, who do they blame? No one."

i don't care what race you are, i don't like people who feel entitled to things. life is a motherfuckin bitch, grow up.

as far as the whole black/white thing, black people definitely still have to deal with the racism of past and present, and it's in our social structure and political structures and legal structures and economic structures and on and on. i certainly acknowledge it, but i still can't help but be annoyed by this article's presumption that white people just 'have it made'. bitch i didn't even dream of ivy league. local public college was the top of my scope of college ambition. stop worrying about the next person's lot and tend to your own.

in my experience, when i was rejected, i went on my own and proved that i can make it just fine without whatever organization/institution/group that rejected me - their loss! life is full of rejection, take it gracefully and show them up with your own accomplishments. the author of the article seems to hold that point of view so kudos to her. she gets it.

lastly i'll say no one cares what college you went to, and if they do - congratulations! you made your way into some elitist, 'exclusive' high society circle jerk. only thing that matters in this field (this is hacker news, right?) is skills, wherever you got em.

You lost me when you casually addressed the author as "bitch."

What do you think this is, the set of The Wire?

> this article's presumption that white people just 'have it made'. bitch i didn't even dream of ivy league

Agreed. The white girl who didn't get in might have been rejected based on a combination of factors, but she IS legally discriminated against because of her race in college admissions, which is a reasonable complaint. IIRC, putting "black" down on your college application gives you something like a +500 point bonus on your SAT score. A rich white girl is an easy target for mocking, but what about the poor white girl who has nowhere near the resources of a rich black girl? Studies show that class is now the deciding factor in relative advantages, much greater even than race, yet still our college policies are based on 1960's society. The accomplishment gap between rich and poor is far, far greater than that between white and black, and still we see fit to punish...asians. Over indulging in white guilt leads to victimization of the poor of all races, which I find ethically deplorable.

It is my hope that race based discrimination will soon be no more. Lots of important things coming up for SCOTUS, recently. Studies show that academic mismatch from race based discrimination actually hurts the minorities it is intended to help, so if race based discrimination is made illegal, then people of all races will be better off. Minority graduation rates will be much higher once we've gotten rid of it.