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Hi Gabe
I understand that Rommel (whom I met once as a youngster on my travels),
did not manage to pull it off when trying to get into medical school at
Princeton. His former institution, also Princeton, for his first degree,
apparently spotted what he had said about being part black and receiving
financial support from a colony of leppers in Goa for his education. It
therefore obstructed the admission to medical school for this blatant
untruth. The matter went further when Rommel sued Princeton for
interference at the admissions stage and he lost the case. I only found out
all this relatively recently and not from Rommel nor his family. Nor am I
absolutely certain of all these facts because I think Harvard also enters
the picture.
This is a very strange story, but possibly, the very high cost of medical
education in prestigous American institutions may have led to this bizarre
set of events. Possibly, Rommel was seeking the kind of financial support
available only to black students. I say this because I am aware that some
Goans and other Asians in the USA feel quite sore that scholarships are not
available to them when indeed they may be considerably less well-off than
black student recepients. This was, of course, part of the Affirmative
Action policy than in place.
In the circumstances, I hope that we on Goanet can be compassionate when a
Goan like Rommel may have been driven to subterfuge (even when definitely
unethical) in a desperate quest for a medical education. It is a pity that,
somehow, nobody could advise him that he was entirely wrong and very
confused. Indeed, he was perhaps ill with acute anxiety to present such a
daft story to university authorities who would have already known him for
four years!
Cornel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Anyone know this guy?
>> Vivek Menezes(VM) introduced me to a site run by young Indians in the
>> diaspora called Sepia Mutiny(www.sepiamutiny.com) of which I am now a
>> great fan.
>> There was an interesting article about a Goan-Kenyan-American called
>> Rommel Nobay who managed to fool the Princeton admissions team that he
>> was part black and part funded by a family of lepers, who were helping
>> him realise his dream.
