<p>[New</a> Haven Register - Teen prodigy booted from Yale grad school](<a href=“http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19836469&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=635049&rfi=6]New”>http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19836469&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=635049&rfi=6)</p>
<p>Can they expel a student on account of immaturity? </p>
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<p>Was she living on Campus? SHe probablly wasn’t mature enough, to be honest. They probablly shouldn’t have accepted her in the first place and see that now.</p>
<p>eh. I’m in no position to judge in any way shape or form because I don’t know the situation well.</p>
<p>It shouldn’t be a scandal if the officials at the university know they are right. </p>
<p>Plus, this article is highly bias. Nearly 95% of the account of the story came from HER side… coming from her views and her mouth. Most of the Alleged Yale accounts were inaddition Hearsay too. I’d like to a balance, with both sides contributing to the story.</p>
<p>Maybe not… but since they DID accept her, she should at least get some kind of reimbursement for all the money she’s put toward a degree they won’t now give her, through no failing of her own.</p>
<p>Their call, their mistake, their responsibility.</p>
<p>Would be better to have a fuller explanation of what exactly happened.</p>
<p>The article is hardly bias. They did try to get Yale to comment, but Yale declined. That is about as journalistic integrity as you can get.</p>
<p>^ Yes, she should be reimbursed. Those are the facts, no matter if you only know her side and none of Yale’s. They accepted her: fact. They dismissed her for being too young: fact. They should reimburse her costs, at least. It’s not like they can give her back her time she wasted going there.</p>
<p>go to [WTNH.com</a>, Connecticut News and Weather - Home](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found | WTNH.com”>http://www.wtnh.com/)</p>
<p>In the video player panel, click on 2, the fourth video down is an interview with her. This girl is ready for a show down in court. I think she might be on to something. People don’t get litigious unless they feel wronged.</p>
<p>I strongly hope Yale’s grad. school profs and admins don’t reflect those of the undergrad. level.</p>
<p>Agent of Sense wrote: "…They dismissed her for being too young: fact…</p>
<p>Not a fact at all. A statement by the student. It is only a fact if Yale agrees to that statement.</p>
<p>We actually have <em>only</em> one side here.</p>
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<p>Ah, they may feel wronged, but that doesn’t make their case legitimate.
Case in point: [Lawsuits:</a> Ivy League Prof Sues Students For Being Mean to Her](<a href=“http://gawker.com/385255/ivy-league-prof-sues-students-for-being-mean-to-her]Lawsuits:”>http://gawker.com/385255/ivy-league-prof-sues-students-for-being-mean-to-her)</p>
<p>I have to wonder exactly why Yale would admit her and then kick her out without giving her compensation.</p>
<p>^^ No, not the same.<br>
This girl is mentally stable and a prodigy.</p>
<p>If they refuse to comment, then you can’t get their side. So everyone should stop with the, oh we haven’t heard yale’s side.</p>
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<p>They haven’t said it wasn’t true, either. And they refuse to comment. So, I repeat, every stop with the whole, we only have one side here. If Yale wanted to give their side, they would have. If they had another reason for dismissing, like grades (which would be legitimate), then why not give it as a reason? I smell something fishy.</p>
<p>No one has verified her account. No one has discounted it either.</p>
<p>Yale is not going to give their defense publicly unless demanded of so in court. What if she were tanking her classes and Yale said so. They would be liable for tarnishing her image so it’s to their best interests to keep mum.</p>
<p>Ever try to hire an employee and you call a previous employer and get this response: “All we can say is we can confirm that Mr. Doe worked at our company from 2003 to 2006”. Red flags b/c this tells me that Mr. Doe left the company under bad circumstances – but the previous employer can’t divulge a bad work record or face possible litigation from the applicant. Same principle here.</p>
<p>I’d hardly say this incident qualifies for “scandal” – must be a quiet news cycle.</p>
<p>WE DO only have one side of the story. That is undisputable. This is simply a lopsided story. I don’t get you guys by saying “If Yale wanted to give their side, they would have”…because right now, they didn’t, therefore one side’s views are expressed, How Isn’t it a lopsided story? How can we judge this situation based on her accounts alone? We can’t. We can only speculate.</p>
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<p>I never disputed journalistic integrity. I just made a point that its highly favored in her case given everything she said was hearsay…“Yale said XYZ”, and “Yale blah bah blah because of this”…and most of everything she spewed was obviously intended to favor her in a positive light…a huge portion of the entire article was from her perspective…</p>
<p>I never disputed their attempts to get Yale to comment. My main argument was it is very difficult to make an informed judgement on this case without input from both fronts/parties.</p>
<p>EDIT: Maybe ‘bias’ isn’t the right word to say. Lopsided is more of the friendly sounding word.</p>
<p>^^ This is highly unlikely because she would have no ground to sue. If I failed all of my classes, and Yale is kicking me out, do I sue them knowing the lawsuit will be thrown out, and I’ll pick up the tab for court fee?
Have you ever try to hire an employee? They have reference for a reason. No HR in their right mind would call a previous employer and ask them to divulge on a former employee.</p>
<p>Everything aside, Faculty’s perception of this person may have certainly been different from what was read about on paper by Adcoms and what the sole interview thought at that time. So…On paper she may have looked perfect, smart, and mature…Interviewer/Alumni thought she was a prodigy, great addition/asset to college, but obviously the pHd faculty members agreed otherwise…</p>
<p>I don’t think she should get reimbursed. She gets to keep the credit hours though and transfer them of course.</p>
<p>Maybe the peter principle is in effect here. We have all seen people that keep getting promoted and slide through the system, getting raises, but maybe not deserving?</p>
<p>She sounds like a wonderful girl and may not deserve leave yale.</p>
<p>But we have all seen people- from highschool., college, work, etc who somehow keep getting pushed ahead because of reputation and not necessarily quailty of work.</p>
<p>We have heard about kids who get straight A’s in highschool but struggle mightily in college.</p>
<p>If she was getting signals back in Oct that there was something wrong, and they let her try and imrpove and she didn’t well…and pass/fail is a pretty low bar isn’t it?</p>
<p>^^ Isn’t she in the MFA where she had to go through arduous audition/process to get admitted. The faculty were the ones judging her work, and her app and decided to admit her. It wasn’t some random folks in admissions committee who picked her.</p>
<p>Yes and there are lots of people who ace interviews and fail at the job.</p>
<p>And there’s also lots of people who ace the interviews and do equally well at the job. See, I can do it, too.</p>