At the age of 17, Annabel Osberg was admitted into Yale’s highly-competitive Masters of Fine Arts program. A year later, she was kicked out for being “too immature and too young” and listening “too much to her intructors’ advice.”

That’s right – she was booted for actually listening to her professors. Who would have thought collegiate slackers had it right all along?

Still, the 19-year-old artist doesn’t intend to take the administration’s decision lying down, as she plans to sue Yale for readmission into the program.

The Yale Daily reports:

The lawsuit — which claims that the plaintiff “suffered ascertainable economic losses and emotional distress” as a result of Yale’s actions — seeks Osberg’s readmission to the M.F.A. program, the reinstatement of her studio and residence, and at least $15,000 in damages. Osberg is suing the University for breach of contract and lockout violations, claiming that Yale locked her out of the studio she rented from the University after being given only a few hours’ notice that she had to vacate…

 

… [Osberg’s lawyer] Williams said the Yale Office of the General Counsel has indicated it is not willing to settle the case out of court. After discussions with administrators in the School of Art, Yale’s counsel informed Williams that they would not budge, he said.

“Yale behaved the way it seems Yale always behaves — ‘we’re Yale, don’t tell us what to do,’ ” Williams said. “They’re a stone wall — an ivy-covered stone wall.”

Not sure calling an Ivy League school an “ivy-covered stone wall” is an effective put-down, Mr. Lawyer. Stick to the facts and leave the petty mudslinging to the politicians.

More importantly, why would Osberg even want to go back to a school that clearly doesn’t want her there? Does she really think the student body, which is undoubtedly filled with 27-year-olds that already resent her age, will accept her with open arms?

Doubt it.