1/ THREAD: Harvard rescinded my acceptance. Three months after being admitted to Harvard Class of 2023, Harvard has decided to rescind my admission over texts and comments made nearly two years ago, months prior to the shooting. I have some thoughts. Here’s what happened.
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10/ Harvard deciding that someone can’t grow, especially after a life-altering event like the shooting, is deeply concerning. If any institution should understand growth, it’s Harvard, which is looked to as the pinnacle of higher education despite its checkered past.
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11/ Throughout its history, Harvard’s faculty has included slave owners, segregationists, bigots and antisemites. If Harvard is suggesting that growth isn't possible and that our past defines our future, then Harvard is an inherently racist institution. But I don't believe that.
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12/ I believe that institutions and people can grow. I've said that repeatedly. In the end, this isn’t about me, it's about whether we live in a society in which forgiveness is possible or mistakes brand you as irredeemable, as Harvard has decided for me.
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13/ So what now? I’m figuring it out. I had given up huge scholarships in order to go to Harvard, and the deadline for accepting other college offers has ended. I’m exploring all options at the moment.
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Kyle, please stop trying to use the parkland shooting as an excuse to mitigate the effects of your extremely racist comments. That tragic event has nothing to do with the disgusting level of bigotry exhibited in your comments. Reconsider, call Everest collegepic.twitter.com/Cs2zPjnMN8
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Oh Kyle Kyle Kyle. This whole post screams entitlement. You would of been planning to go to Harvard for years, should of remembered that BEFORE you decided to say racist remarks and film it
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So now that you apologized it’s suppose to negate what you said? I’m confused ? Thanks
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