I think the Pulse mass shooting is a factor here, too
by Jim (fisherj08) 
, A Samoan kid's laptop, Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 06:06 (2241 days ago) @ Pete
Florida residents were already mad about a lack of gun control legislation, and then someone killed a bunch of kids. Add in some charismatic leaders, and...
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- ND admissions and gun reform protests -
Brendan,
2018-02-26, 19:20
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- ND admissions can kiss my ass. -
OGerry,
2018-02-27, 11:05
- Ok. What’s the context here? -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 11:44
- Sorry, context is all personal. -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 06:35
- It wasn't the need issue -
DEM,
2018-02-28, 10:36
- What are admissions rates for legacies?
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Grantland,
2018-02-28, 10:43
- High 30's and falling faster than the overall admit rate -
DEM,
2018-02-28, 10:47
- High 30's and falling faster than the overall admit rate
- What are admissions rates for legacies?
- I wonder if ND has quotas from each area of the -
Grantland,
2018-02-28, 07:44
- IMO one of my advantages was being from Metro Detroit. - PAK, 2018-02-28, 10:27
- Since so many schools love to brag about -
Jim (fisherj08),
2018-02-28, 09:41
- Hey now, no need to drag the great Equality state into this. - Domer99, 2018-02-28, 10:58
- Yes, I thought coming from Maine would work in her favor. - OGerry, 2018-02-28, 10:04
- I think that is definitely true -
Jeff (BGS),
2018-02-28, 09:49
- Joyce? -
Grantland,
2018-02-28, 10:11
- That is correct - Jeff (BGS), 2018-02-28, 11:10
- Joyce?
- thanks for the details -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-28, 07:19
- Kalamazoo College is in that book too.... -
bk,
2018-03-01, 19:46
- Yes, K College is a great place -
JD in Portland,
2018-03-01, 20:14
- Yes, K College is a great place
- A confession -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 10:03
- I'm sorry for your pain, -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-28, 12:07
- Well, since you're admitting you'd go to Michigan -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 14:12
- BC is a very good school. They would be lucky to have her. -
San Pedro,
2018-03-01, 14:50
- Yeah, it is hard to admit that, - oviedoirish, 2018-02-28, 18:00
- BC is a very good school. They would be lucky to have her.
- FWIW I finished ND with less debt load than most UM grads. -
PAK,
2018-02-28, 12:09
- I bet you're unusual. -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-28, 12:11
- I am kind of a weirdo but that's beside the point. -
PAK,
2018-02-28, 12:24
- Funny. And I agree about the UM kids. :-) - oviedoirish, 2018-02-28, 18:30
- I am kind of a weirdo but that's beside the point. -
PAK,
2018-02-28, 12:24
- I bet you're unusual. -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-28, 12:11
- Well, since you're admitting you'd go to Michigan -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 14:12
- Important clarification -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-28, 10:18
- I'm with HCE, that makes a lot more sense - OGerry, 2018-02-28, 14:02
- Thanks, and I agree with you - HCE, 2018-02-28, 11:38
- I'm sorry for your pain, -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-28, 12:07
- "Cognitive coaches" made my stomach turn -
HCE,
2018-02-28, 08:53
- Sounds like a Trojan Horse for killing the humanities -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-28, 08:59
- I'm amazed anyone thinks they need a Trojan Horse to do it -
HCE,
2018-02-28, 09:06
- One of the randos killed by a rock to the shin -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-28, 09:14
- "Then all the body slackened in death's chill, - HCE, 2018-02-28, 09:22
- One of the randos killed by a rock to the shin
- I'm amazed anyone thinks they need a Trojan Horse to do it -
HCE,
2018-02-28, 09:06
- Sounds like a Trojan Horse for killing the humanities
- The 8 minutes thing is an abomination - IrishGuard, 2018-02-28, 08:26
- Kalamazoo College is in that book too.... -
bk,
2018-03-01, 19:46
- I'm not sure where your SAT stats are coming from. -
PMan,
2018-02-28, 07:17
- From the d-bag admissions rep -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 09:49
- I think you got bad advice to go early - DEM, 2018-02-28, 10:47
- Yikes. -
PMan,
2018-02-28, 10:03
- From the d-bag admissions rep -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 09:49
- It wasn't the need issue -
DEM,
2018-02-28, 10:36
- Sorry, context is all personal. -
OGerry,
2018-02-28, 06:35
- Ok. What’s the context here? -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 11:44
- I don't know what it is about this particular shooting... -
Slainte Joe,
2018-02-27, 03:12
- a couple theories -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 07:25
- These kids are badass. Evil f**ked with the wrong school. -
Bill,
2018-02-27, 09:37
- They're younger than MySpace, and old enough to use... - domer.mq, 2018-02-27, 08:00
- ❣️ -
Joe I,
2018-02-27, 07:39
- These kids are badass. Evil f**ked with the wrong school.
- they’re actors -
Jay,
2018-02-27, 06:35
- I loved it when the one MSD student leader replied -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 08:13
- Yes, that was great. -
oviedoirish,
2018-02-27, 09:17
- Yes, that was great.
- I loved it when the one MSD student leader replied -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 08:13
- People were incredibly sad after Sandy Hook. -
Pete,
2018-02-27, 06:02
- I think the Pulse mass shooting is a factor here, too - Jim (fisherj08), 2018-02-27, 06:06
- I think it's the kids and the school. - Grantland, 2018-02-27, 05:53
- My wife and I were talking about this a few minutes ago. -
NDinVA,
2018-02-27, 05:07
- I have to think that it's Florida has played a role too - Domer99, 2018-02-27, 07:22
- They are the Hunger Games generation -
HCE,
2018-02-27, 05:48
- I dunno -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-27, 07:36
- Sure, plenty of college kids are myopic and apathetic - HCE, 2018-02-27, 08:46
- I think there's something to be said -
Jim (fisherj08),
2018-02-27, 07:51
- I think there's something to that - HullieAndMikes, 2018-02-27, 08:08
- Harry Potter was less gritty than Hunger Games etc., but - BillyGoat, 2018-02-27, 07:05
- Yeah. All my generation had was.... -
NDinVA,
2018-02-27, 05:53
- My generation had the gritty reboot of The Hardy Boys - HCE, 2018-02-27, 06:08
- I dunno -
HullieAndMikes,
2018-02-27, 07:36
- There's just something about those kids - Jim (fisherj08), 2018-02-27, 05:05
- You cannot defeat the teens at social media -
irishoutsider,
2018-02-27, 05:01
- a couple theories -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 07:25
- Good to see -
irishoutsider,
2018-02-27, 02:44
- I think some will get full scholarship offers now -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-26, 20:57
- And yet a not-insignificant portion of the right -
IrishGuard,
2018-02-27, 04:28
- "Soros-Backed" -
Chris (HCC),
2018-02-27, 05:31
- Much hilarity last week after Missouri's Gov - hobbs, 2018-02-27, 09:09
- Soon we'll hear that Sidney Blumenthal was involved too! -
JD in Portland,
2018-02-27, 07:27
- and the Post's intrepid "Bernie Bernstein" -
IrishGuard,
2018-02-27, 07:58
- I never knew - MattG, 2018-02-27, 09:12
- and the Post's intrepid "Bernie Bernstein"
- "Soros-Backed" -
Chris (HCC),
2018-02-27, 05:31
- And yet a not-insignificant portion of the right -
IrishGuard,
2018-02-27, 04:28
- ND admissions can kiss my ass. -
OGerry,
2018-02-27, 11:05