<p>In the state of California if you go to a public school (I cannot say whether this is true of a private school), get a certain gpa, test scores and are in a certain percentage of your class you are (at least as of last year) guaranteed admittance to a UC or State school. True, it may not be the one you want but you get admittance. To question whether the young woman would have been able to get into a UC is unfair to the woman. And had the family to announced the list of where their child applied/accepted would have been an invasion of privacy. And it is unfair because it cast a pall on her credentials. To understand the school that she attended is, in fact, crucial to the question as to whether she was qualified. I can truly say that I have no knowledge of, or interest in, what colleges anyone is accepted to due to idle curiosity. To compare admittance procedures decades apart is totally absurd. Much has changed in admissions procedures from the 1960s, and that is a good thing. </p>
<p>But we do agree that it was an honor that the Govenor led USC’s commencement.</p>
<p>(I could be wrong but my gut feeling is that spiralThrdedNail is the same person as usernamedeleted. I have already found that user already posts under another name. Same m.o., similar writing style, identical negativity and desire to be a ■■■■■. If I am correct, expect flames below…)</p>
<p>No flames here. I think that you are correct in that there is a definite similarity in style/content/intent. I had the same feeling in that both posters sounded similar to a third poster…but I could be wrong as well. Whatever…I hope that graduation day was a wonderful experience for all graduates, friends and families.</p>
<p>I agree that it’s unfair to her to speculate, but when someone tries to use her as proof of anything it does at least invite the question. That being said, it does seem unlikely that someone from Brentwood and a member of the Kennedy family wouldn’t have at least qualified for one of the lower tier UC’s.</p>