FGT: Accepted to 20 colleges, all w/full ride scholarships

[mbcdefg]

www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/houston-teen-awarded-full-ride-183810125.html

A 17-year-old senior in Houston has the enviable challenge of deciding which college to attend this fall. He was accepted by 20 top schools ― all that he applied to, and all on full-ride scholarships.



Micheal Brown’s list includes Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern, Georgetown and the University of Michigan.



He hasn’t picked a school yet, but he’ll bring at least $260,000 in scholarships from various sources outside the college application process, according to The New York Times.



Micheal’s credentials include a 4.68 grade-point average, an ACT score of 34 out of 36, an SAT score of 1540 out of 1600, and outside activities like his school debate team, Key Club and various internships.

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A question - I've seen a lot of these viral videos lately where HS students react to their college acceptance news. Are they receiving emails from the individual institutions, or do they log onto the college's website to find out if they've been accepted or not? (I started college in 2001 and my acceptance letters still came through regular mail.)

[georgeglass]

Apr 3, 2018 11:29:06 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

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A question - I've seen a lot of these viral videos lately where HS students react to their college acceptance news. Are they receiving emails from the individual institutions, or do they log onto the college's website to find out if they've been accepted or not? (I started college in 2001 and my acceptance letters still came through regular mail.)

Yes to both, depending on the school. Some send emails and some update portals.

The video/group watching the kids thing makes me SO sweaty. I can't imagine the added pressure.

[msmerymac]

The yahoo comments are full of white fragility.

[Dumbledork]

Besides the obvious emotions of him being accepted, I love...

-It starts with a mom being like “I know important shit is about to happen and ya’ll nearly grown men, BUT- did you ask your momma if you could spend the night?”

-His friends automatically giving him a group hug, yelling out “I love you Michael Brown!” And just being so happy for him. You don’t see videos of that with boys in non-sport situations very often.

-His giant hug of his momma

Good for him. What’s he want to study?

[mx27]

Apr 3, 2018 11:31:37 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Warning I’m ready to take on any assholes who come in here like last time talking about how it’s not that impressive.

#stillsalty

how is this not impressive?!  and you know those who were unimpressed haven't achieved a damn thing to talk about.

[mbcdefg]

Apr 3, 2018 11:44:41 GMT -5 Dumbledork said:

Good for him. What’s he want to study?

Micheal has until May 1 to decide which school he’ll attend. His mom told The New York Times she’s hoping he picks Stanford, because it’s been his top choice since he was young. Harvard, however, might be the best fit, she said.



Micheal said he plans to major in political science and eventually become a lawyer. He also wants to do his best to help other students of color.



“For me, it’s important to highlight that I’m not the only student of color who is achieving,” he told CNN, adding that he has been helped by organizations like QuestBridge, Emerge Fellowship and Breakthrough Collaborative, which provide students from low-income communities information about higher education options.

re: comments, all these jealous people ain't shit.

[05heel]

Apr 3, 2018 11:31:37 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Warning I’m ready to take on any assholes who come in here like last time talking about how it’s not that impressive.

#stillsalty

Lol.  I'm sorry I missed this one.

[Dumbledork]

Apr 3, 2018 11:47:55 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Apr 3, 2018 11:44:41 GMT -5 Dumbledork said:

Good for him. What’s he want to study?

Micheal has until May 1 to decide which school he’ll attend. His mom told The New York Times she’s hoping he picks Stanford, because it’s been his top choice since he was young. Harvard, however, might be the best fit, she said.



Micheal said he plans to major in political science and eventually become a lawyer. He also wants to do his best to help other students of color.



“For me, it’s important to highlight that I’m not the only student of color who is achieving,” he told CNN, adding that he has been helped by organizations like QuestBridge, Emerge Fellowship and Breakthrough Collaborative, which provide students from low-income communities information about higher education options.

re: comments, all these jealous people ain't shit.

Thanks! I don’t know how I missed that.

[W.T.Faulkner]

As a college counselor, I am both thrilled with this amazing student and exhausted thinking about twenty college applications. lol

[Velar Fricative]

20/20?!?! Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn.

[Velar Fricative]

Apr 3, 2018 11:54:01 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

As a college counselor, I am both thrilled with this amazing student and exhausted thinking about twenty college applications. lol

Even when I was applying to colleges during the dark ages of the late 1990s, at least several of these schools were accepting the Common Application. I figure the numbers have only increased since then.

[audette]

Apr 3, 2018 11:55:06 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

20/20?!?! Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn.

This.  Holy shit.  Those grades, scores, and all are fucking amazing.

[msmerymac]

Apr 3, 2018 11:54:01 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

As a college counselor, I am both thrilled with this amazing student and exhausted thinking about twenty college applications. lol

Oh god, it seems so much easier to apply to multiple schools now than it did in the dark ages where I typed directly on the application with an electric typewriter. I applied to 4, and it seems like most kids these days apply to no less than 10.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Apr 3, 2018 11:58:59 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Apr 3, 2018 11:54:01 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

As a college counselor, I am both thrilled with this amazing student and exhausted thinking about twenty college applications. lol

Oh god, it seems so much easier to apply to multiple schools now than it did in the dark ages where I typed directly on the application with an electric typewriter. I applied to 4, and it seems like most kids these days apply to no less than 10.

My record this year was 25.

I know the Common App is a thing, but at my school I proofread everybody's EVERYTHING, so the Common App essay prompts+ supplements takes the student and me hours. 20 supplements would send me over the edge. lol

[notreal]

Apr 3, 2018 11:58:59 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Apr 3, 2018 11:54:01 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

As a college counselor, I am both thrilled with this amazing student and exhausted thinking about twenty college applications. lol

Oh god, it seems so much easier to apply to multiple schools now than it did in the dark ages where I typed directly on the application with an electric typewriter. I applied to 4, and it seems like most kids these days apply to no less than 10.

Have they lowered the application fee?  Because that would add up quickly.

And yay to the young man in the OP.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Apr 3, 2018 12:06:43 GMT -5 notreal said:

Apr 3, 2018 11:58:59 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Oh god, it seems so much easier to apply to multiple schools now than it did in the dark ages where I typed directly on the application with an electric typewriter. I applied to 4, and it seems like most kids these days apply to no less than 10.

Have they lowered the application fee?  Because that would add up quickly.

And yay to the young man in the OP.

Fees have risen -- some schools are as much as $80 now -- but it's pretty simple to secure fee waivers, either from the college or the high school, especially if the student is excellent and highly interested in the school.

[redheadbaker]

What an achievement! Fuck anyone who says this isn't impressive.

[msmerymac]

The $260k in OUTSIDE scholarships is also mind-boggling. I was apparently super lazy in high school, lol.

[downtoearth]

That is amazing!!! I can't imagine getting full-rides at all of these, plus what a rockstar academic to have that much outside scholarship too.

[iammalcolmx]

Apr 3, 2018 11:31:37 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Warning I’m ready to take on any assholes who come in here like last time talking about how it’s not that impressive.

#stillsalty

What thread was this?? I am been looking for it!

[bowies]

Apr 3, 2018 11:31:37 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Warning I’m ready to take on any assholes who come in here like last time talking about how it’s not that impressive.

#stillsalty

What? Hell yeah that’s impressive. It’s news for a reason right? I don’t know how he’ll pick.

[downtoearth]

Apr 3, 2018 12:04:16 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

Apr 3, 2018 11:58:59 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Oh god, it seems so much easier to apply to multiple schools now than it did in the dark ages where I typed directly on the application with an electric typewriter. I applied to 4, and it seems like most kids these days apply to no less than 10.

My record this year was 25.

I know the Common App is a thing, but at my school I proofread everybody's EVERYTHING, so the Common App essay prompts+ supplements takes the student and me hours. 20 supplements would send me over the edge. lol

Wow, is this how things are now?  A counselor reviews everything? Do you just proofread or give advice on what to write and essay content?

I applied to like 8 schools and I didn't even have my mom and dad review my essays and applications at the time. I was under the impression that it was all on the student. I got into all of them - not full rides at all of them or anything super amazing, but I thought that was normal that the student did it all, including coordinating the references, and the parents wrote the application checks? Not the norm anymore, huh?

[raangoli]

Apr 3, 2018 12:33:52 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

The $260k in OUTSIDE scholarships is also mind-boggling. I was apparently super lazy in high school, lol.

Random but related, MH got a full ride to college. I recently asked him how he found out about the scholarship and what was the application process like, etc. He never applied for it. They just gave it to him based on his application. I was like WTF, you were lazy and you still got a free ride to college? I was mad.

[bex]

Aw, I love this! That's super impressive! What a choice to have to make, lol.

[Velar Fricative]

I'd make my very own Plinko board with the names of the 20 colleges at the bottom and slide one token down. Wherever it lands, there I go.

[Velar Fricative]

Apr 3, 2018 13:11:58 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Apr 3, 2018 12:33:52 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

The $260k in OUTSIDE scholarships is also mind-boggling. I was apparently super lazy in high school, lol.

Random but related, MH got a full ride to college. I recently asked him how he found out about the scholarship and what was the application process like, etc. He never applied for it. They just gave it to him based on his application. I was like WTF, you were lazy and you still got a free ride to college? I was mad.

I loved my college experience but I am kicking myself for not accepting the offers to any of the colleges that offered me a full ride. I wanted to go to the "best" college I got into, money be damned. #studentloanssuck

But clearly the OP doesn't have this problem, and ranking all of those colleges is pretty much a wash because we're not talking about Harvard vs. East Bumblefuck University.

[Deleted]

I only wish I was this smart. What an amazing kid.

[Jalapeñomel]

The fact that anyone can apply, let alone get into 20 top schools is hella impressive.

I would imagine as someone with a GPA over 4.0, he has 5s on his AP courses and will already be ahead in his courses from the get-go.

What an amazing kid.

[aurora]

That's amazing. I hope he doesn't get too stressed out picking the best one!

[Velar Fricative]

Apr 3, 2018 13:42:28 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Apr 3, 2018 13:01:56 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

What thread was this?? I am been looking for it!

It was a year or two ago. The kid was from an immigrant family I believe (maybe Nigerian) and a couple of folks most noticeably the now run off @kcpokergal were like oh when I saw the thread title I thought his academics would have been more impressive. Then she got dragged about how she was always an asshole on threads about black folk including the one where the woman left her kids in the car to do a job interview.

Hi my name is baje, I’m a Scorpio and I hold grudges.

I bet he "only" got a 1560 on his SATs or something. 

Good memory, I had forgotten about this!