<p>^on that same note, look at this thread </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/487056-miracles-do-happen.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/487056-miracles-do-happen.html</a></p>
<p>Girl with SAT scores below 1980 RIGHTFULLY got into Harvard Yale and Stanford because of an amazing life story. Unlike the title of the thread, it’s not a miracle. She deserved it. </p>
<p>Her story if you don’t want to go through the whole thread:</p>
<p>“Both my sister and I were raised in the Westboro Baptist Church. For those of you who are not familiar, this is the church that protests outside of Iraq War veterans’ funerals, organize demonsrtations that claim that God Hates America, and makes posters and yells at passerbys that “God Hates Fags!” The church is quite infamous in America for vehemently arguing that God hates America with a passion, that he hates our veterans, and that he hates gay people. Our parents indoctrinated us with this b.s. and would make us make posters and stand outside and “protest” and “demonstrate.” We would be forced to say extremely hateful things about gay people and America in general. My sister eventually came to realize, on her own terms, that this was immoral and disgusting. She ran away from home. She tried to go to our aunt’s house in California, but she wouldn’t take her. So she illegally traveled in train boxcars for 4 months (she missed some H.S. and had to repeat a grade), until our aunt in Cali finally took her in. This was what her essay was about.”</p>
<p>C’mon now, though not this extreme, people have stories that show their character. Don’t judge just by objective stats.</p>