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Gabriella's situation doesn't even make sense....

posted 14 years ago by saramacg09
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I don't understand Gabriella's situation and dilemma because it MAKES NO SENSE. Why is she at Stanford right now? She hasn't even graduated from High School yet. More than that though, at the time she went, Stanford would have been in the final weeks of their spring semester. Why is she there and taking classes? She hasn't been there for most of the classes, so no way would she pass any of them. It is crap like that that makes it hard to watch crap like this, mainly because this is one of the MAIN conflicts.

[–] PrettyLegit 14 years ago

Yeah I don't really get it either. I guess since she got an early acceptance she can go and start classes. I don't know much about Ivy leagues.

I'd call you a tool, but even they serve a purpose.

[–] Johnny_Lovegood 14 years ago

She got a "heat-star" and the chance to hang out with other students. Watch the movie agian and pay attention when Taylor is reading the entrence letter infront of the lockers. Like, hellow, like, yeah!

"Can I keep you?" Casper

[–] CMolyneaux 14 years ago

FYI, Stanford is NOT an Ivy League school, and neither is Juilliard. While they are of that quality, they are not Ivy League.

Many universities let AP seniors take classes, particularly the smaller local ones. Stanford is probably not one of them.

The later poster is correct, being accepted at any school for early acceptance constitutes an agreement to go there. It isn't mandatory but that is the agreement when you apply.

Anyway, it is not Disney's best. I had hoped that they would stop at two after the second one was so dreadful. Oh well, when there is a buck to be made....

[–] interrupting 14 years ago

Haha the writers are terrible.

in a world full of wrong, you're the thing that's right. #

[–] afhick 14 years ago

I like the fact that in these shows someone's always willing to forge their name to someone else's application in order to get them into college. It just doesn't work that way. Why didn't Troy's teacher simply tell him that she thought he was a prime candidate for Julliard and then encourage him to enroll? Why the subterfuge?

"The Mountain Has Wings"

[–] CBlodg 14 years ago

Not only that, but an acceptance letter to an Ivy league school like Julliard means you are going, there is no, "I've been accepted to Julliard, USCLA..." Your acceptance at that point is considered a commitment to the school.

[–] saramacg09 13 years ago

Lol no... first of all Juliard isn't in the Ivy League. Second of all being accepted into an Ivy League school isn't a commitment to go there. This is evident by the fact that someone who applies to one Ivy League school usually applies to other Ivy League schools... Harvard applicants usually also apply to Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, etc. because they are of similar caliber and prestige. So by you're logic someone who applies and is accepted to several Ivy League schools has committed to go to all of them? Wrong.

It's also evident by the fact that Ivy League applicants can be "wait-listed." If there was a commitment to attend upon being accepted, there would be no wait lists since no spots would ever become available.

[–] aleara_cerridwyn 14 years ago

She wasn't going to school; it was an early orientation. That is clearly stated in the movie.

[–] hppg 14 years ago

Really? One where you have to miss your final high school classes and live on campus for weeks?

Odd.

[–] hppg 14 years ago

Yes, I didn't get it either! Now I'm not American but even if you're a high-performing high school students you can't just go straight to college...can you? They implied it was some type of program but she was actually there during term time, not just doing one class via distance or through another uni or over summer...

I googled "freshman honours program" and the only thing that came up was information on programs whereby if you're a good uni student you can do honours.

[–] hppg 14 years ago

Also, the Juilliard thing makes no sense. Why would they be interested in something like this?

[–] Just-Scott 14 years ago

Yeah, that always bothered me too, it's pretty stupid. Why would they have it the last few weeks of the high school student's senior year, they would only have a million other things they were working on and trying to finish to ACTUALLY GRADUATE. Something like they describe here would be down a couple weeks before fall semester, like an early orientation thing.

Regardless, it's a movie, so can't take it too seriously.