As Twitchy reported, Parkland survivor and anti-NRA activist David Hogg took a year off between high school and college to devote to energizing young voters for the midterm elections.
Now we say this all the time, but there were about 3,000 Parkland survivors, but the media made it clear that only a selected few would become household names, like Hogg and Emma González, who with three other classmates had a blurb written about them by former President Barack Obama in TIME’s “100 most influential people” list for 2018.
But Hogg’s 15 minutes never seem to be up, and TMZ reported on his acceptance to Harvard.
Parkland survivor David Hogg reveals he's headed to Ivy League in the fall https://t.co/PF1uHQqitT pic.twitter.com/pyh7HcOsQu
— New York Post (@nypost) December 22, 2018
Seriously? Good for him. We don’t think the Harvard environment will do much to shake him out of his bubble, but who knows?
We really don’t want to dunk on a kid for getting into college, so we’ll let Twitter do it for us.
If you want your not-so-smart kid to get into Harvard (a la David Hogg) just have them hop on the twitter and spew the most ridiculous SJW bullshit you can think of and BAM. They’re in.
— Sherry Potter (@justanurse25) December 22, 2018
That’s what I said. I remember him distinctly saying he got rejected from all of the colleges to which he applied. Then POOF, as a white guy with a below average (for the school) SAT score, he’s in. pic.twitter.com/BY2qzd17oB
— BombshellSquad (@RedStateBlonde) December 22, 2018
David Hogg is heading to Harvard despite an SAT score of 1270. The bottom 25% at Harvard have an average SAT score of 1460. https://t.co/7dXFxmJjpw
— The College Fix (@CollegeFix) December 22, 2018
White privilege is real. https://t.co/LDCPbcBZUQ
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) December 22, 2018
There are about a thousand Harvard-rejected Asian kids with 1600 SAT scores who are punching the wall as they read this headline. https://t.co/cqsTzHcyzB
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) December 22, 2018
Tfw being a white Lib male from a well to do family can get you into Harvard while Asian kids are getting rejected with 4.0s and 1600s https://t.co/D8GxsJF707
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) December 22, 2018
Hogg got a 1270 on his SAT. The bottom 25% at Harvard have an average of 1460. Really shows how the admissions decisions are subjective.
Interesting to consider this in context of lawsuit against Harvard for discriminating against Asian students with higher scores. https://t.co/i7ZAIbbwMC
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) December 22, 2018
I should mention that Hogg is hardly the first or only person to get into any ivy League despite mediocre academics or due to other reasons, but these classes do have limited space and it is worth considering what criteria is being emphasized and who is being left out.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) December 22, 2018
His SJW score was off the charts.
— Unique Contrarian (@LDWhitmire) December 22, 2018
My kid scored 300+ points higher and I bet Harvard wouldn't even consider him.
— Howard Roark Laughed (@Major_Skidmark) December 22, 2018
We’re curious to see where equally active pro-NRA Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv ends up, seeing as he scored 1550 on his SATs but very low on the SJW scale.
I just got an 800 on SAT math to own the libs
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) November 28, 2018
(We love this kid.)
@davidhogg111 going to Harvard is good. Opens up a slot in an actual good university for someone who will appreciate it.
— Tony Lima (@TonyLimaPOL) December 22, 2018
Your Harvard degree just declined in value. https://t.co/pQZUYO6zjT
— Scrooge Knievel (@MetricButtload) December 22, 2018
It's funny he couldn't get in to UCSD, but he got into Harvard! ? I'd be freaking embarrassed if I was a Harvard grad
— PJ the DJ (@PeteinWI) December 22, 2018
Hogg couldn’t make it into a non flagship Florida state college but got into Harvard. Remember that when someone brags about getting into Harvard.
— Smittie™ GED (Hons), BS (D-) (@smittie61984) December 22, 2018
Sopan Deb writes for the New York Times, so you know his take is straight down the middle.
There are conservatives on my TL dunking on Harvard for accepting David Hogg and I am just utterly baffled that those kinds of thoughts would run through minds.
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) December 22, 2018
Harvard famously denies Asian students with much better academic credentials on the basis of race, but Hogg has the right politics so we'll excuse the white privilege. https://t.co/gCZREQqQ8J
— Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) December 22, 2018
Harvard is being sued by a group representing Asian Americans who have been denied admission, meanwhile Hogg was rejected by every university in Florida….. https://t.co/qW1vypS3uh
— EducatédHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) December 22, 2018
I think Harvard has blown a major hole in their defense of said lawsuit. Not sure how they are going to be able to defend their admissions policy in court.
— EducatédHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) December 22, 2018
We’ve seen Hogg’s logic and reasoning skills.
The kid is not smart.
I’d be pissed if I were a Harvard grad.
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 22, 2018
Well, he did complain after the midterms that the gerrymandering on college campuses was ridiculous. And he did give us this gem:
Imagine saying the only way to stop shark attacks is with more sharks.
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) November 14, 2018
How about the other survivors. Are they news? Sick of hearing about this kid.
— John B ? (@JazzBassJohn) December 22, 2018
No, they’re not news. Nor was the resignation of the sheriff’s captain who gave deputies the order to stage outside the school. Nor were the reassignments of the school’s security supervisor and an assistant principal who told students to “Google autism” when they approached him about the shooter’s disturbing behavior.
But hooray for Hogg for taking on the NRA and getting accepted to Harvard (not that there’s any connection there).
Related:
Oh my: Now David Hogg has declared that the gerrymandering on campus is ridiculous https://t.co/8JxBdEkO6R
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 3, 2018
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