<p>I agree with New Haven CT mom, it seriously irked me how you think that being black, first generation while getting a D and an F in a class, and a 3.0 GPA as you said in other posts along with this one should give you a pass. And when people use their status as AA to think they deserve things due to the struggles that AA have went through in the past without putting any effort in on their part it upsets me. Earlier this year three people at my school told me, “I don’t understand why you’re worried about your grades or which colleges will accept you; you’re black.” That really pissed me off because my parents are the first of their families to come from Nigeria and moved to America to give my sisters a me a better life than they have. I busted my butt off to try to get mostly A’s. Yes, I was worried about my grades because I kind of slacked (not kind of did) second semester of sophomore year during track season and got two B+'s in two honors courses. There are plenty of people with UW 4.0s that don’t get into certain schools because of their GPAs and I have a UW 3.97 and in this day and age schools are really competitive so don’t assume anything (I’m not). So as far as I am concerned you did not really try your hardest at all; you basically just assumed I’m black so I deserve this this and this be realistic. BTW what are your safety schools anyway??</p>