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inmans

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My family came over on the Mayflower...

Post by inmans » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:38 pm

Do you think I will will qualify as a URM?

I mean, I am the last of a dying breed...
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Tanicius

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Re: My family came over on the Mayflower...

Post by Tanicius » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:40 pm

inmans wrote:Do you think I will will qualify as a URM?

I mean, I am the last of a dying breed...
We're probably related!

Actually, not. My great-grandmother was just obsessed with the Mayflower Society and signed us all up. I think it's just a vanity program. We're all German/Irish anyway, so I doubt it actually means anything to be a member of it.
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Re: My family came over on the Mayflower...

Post by Tanicius » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:40 pm

School? wrote:No.
Wow, harsh. Where's your tact?
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MC Southstar

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Re: My family came over on the Mayflower...

Post by MC Southstar » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:40 pm

You're from a race of immortals?
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Re: My family came over on the Mayflower...

Post by inmans » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:41 pm

Does being a member of the "sons of the revolution" count as a soft???
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Re: My family came over on the Mayflower...

Post by Mr. Matlock » Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:25 pm

inmans wrote:Do you think I will will qualify as a URM?

I mean, I am the last of a dying breed...
Tell that to the Wompanoag's and see what kind of sympathy you get.
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Re: My family came over on the Mayflower...

Post by nire120 » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:11 pm

"Do you think I will will qualify as a URM?

I mean, I am the last of a dying breed..."

Considering that fact got your people in for the first two hundred years, maybe you could give up your privilege with a little dignity?
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Re: My family came over on the Mayflower...

Post by annapavlova » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:13 pm

nire120 wrote:"Do you think I will will qualify as a URM?

I mean, I am the last of a dying breed..."

Considering that fact got your people in for the first two hundred years, maybe you could give up your privilege with a little dignity?
LOL - yeah, getting good grades and test scores had nothing to do it.

"You're a WASP? You're in."

Plus, wasn't this supposed to be a joke anyway?
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