<p>Entomom,</p>
<p>Thank you too for your comment. I am still walking around mad but have kept it all from my son since I don’t want him to know about the comment and become discouraged. He is working very hard this semester to get at least a 4.0 to boost his overall gpa and I know if he hears what the gc said, he will throw in the towel. Interestingly, they just released the names of the AP scholars from his class and out of about 185 students, 24 are AP scholars. Of those 24 at least half are Latino. I feel like calling their parents and offering to help them. Like you I have supplied this GC with the listing of Hispanic Scholarships from the Hispanic Caucus and Congresswomen Lucille Roybal’s office. She wants my database of scholarships for NHRP but I told her I was still working on it and would give it to her when I finished.</p>
<p>Interestingly, when I talked to a couple of moms of the supersmart kids (all non-Latinos) they tell me this counselor has encouraged their sons to apply at certain places because they can get full-ride merit scholarships. Not once had she told my son anything of the sort eventhough many colleges give NHRP’s students full or almost full rides. To me her encouragement should be across the board.</p>
<p>I spoke the mom who was with me yesterday and she agreed the comments were inappropriate. I felt that not only were they directed at my son but what about Latino recruiters in general, according to this GC, they are stupid and dumb not knowing who should get recruited to their respective colleges.</p>
<p>Thank you also entomom for saying I have sounded realistic. After our “bad” meeting with the GC, my son and I looked at his dream schools and saw that for the range of students accepted with his numbers fell within the bottom half of students accepted. So for example if a place like Yale accepts 10% (of total student population accepted) of kids with my son’s numbers, can’t my son try to be within that 10% rather than not applying at all. </p>
<p>My son and I have tried to avoid the GC but sometimes it can’t be helped. After this last visit, I am really going to make sure he has as little contact as possible. </p>
<p>With respect to other racist comments, a mom at my son’s hs who I considered a good friend is on a mission to make sure her son is valedictorian. Last month she says to me that it is “unfair I play the Latino card because my son isn’t really Latino” and that if my son “gets into a place her son doesn’t get into there is going to be hell to pay.” I was stunned by her comments. In this day and age it’s terrible to know people think this way when you look at the overall numbers for Latinos in college. Enough, I’m starting to get more made again.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your support and just keep on encouraging your child and other Latinos to reach for the stars as my mom told me.
Itsv</p>