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LuvNewcastle

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7. If she had gotten the Nobel Prize for

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2015, 04:03 PM

Sep 2015

an academic discipline, like physics, I could see them letting her in without an entrance exam, but we're talking about Stanford. There are plenty of other very good schools who would be happy to get a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and probably would give her a full scholarship.

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Should a Nobel laureate be required to take the SATs? [View all] diabeticman Sep 2015 OP

If it is part of the entrance requirements, Yes TexasProgresive Sep 2015 #1

True. diabeticman Sep 2015 #2

Yes, and I would bet that Malala would want to. CTyankee Sep 2015 #9

There are plenty of schools that don't require the SAT 6chars Sep 2015 #3

I never took the SAT PowerToThePeople Sep 2015 #4

Highly likely they would accept her even if scores not great HERVEPA Sep 2015 #5

TYPO ALERT: Your subject line says the opposite of what you mean. nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #10

Whoops. Thanks! Fixed. HERVEPA Sep 2015 #13

I often have to deal with typos when I return to an earlier post to read replies, but they are never tblue37 Sep 2015 #16

You hit it exactly! HERVEPA Sep 2015 #17

She should check out CAL, Nobel Laureates get assigned prime parking spaces. Plus I know at least mulsh Sep 2015 #6

If she had gotten the Nobel Prize for LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #7

Everyone should or nobody should. RedCappedBandit Sep 2015 #8

College admissions are a big bag of worms. hunter Sep 2015 #11

Winning the Nobel Peace Prize is not a predictor of how well former9thward Sep 2015 #12

Cold as ice HERVEPA Sep 2015 #14

Facts normally are. former9thward Sep 2015 #15

She'll cruise them anyway muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #18