IMPORTANT UPDATE: We’ve learned that Chua-Rubenfeld, according to her Facebook page, has actually not yet decided between Harvard and Yale. C’mon, Sophia? How is this even a choice?

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Yep.

Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, daughter of Amy Chua, author of the controversial book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, will reportedly be joining us next year as a member of the Harvard College Class of 2015.

Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, Harvard-winning (abovethelaw.com)

Chua-Rubenfeld’s acceptance comes in the aftermath of a media frenzy surrounding her mother, a Yale Law Professor’s, first literary endeavor, which was widely criticized for its exposition of Chua’s stringent parenting style, which notably included such tenets as forbidding her daughters to attend sleepovers and parties, and to receive less than As on report cards.

The new pre-frosh, an accomplished pianist who performed at Carnegie Hall at age 14, largely defended her mother’s book in a January 18 op-ed in the New York Post, entitled “Why I love my strict Chinese mom,” wherein she lauded her parent for always demanding that she exert her utmost: “To me, it’s not about achievement or self-gratification. It’s about knowing that you’ve pushed yourself body and mind, to the limits of your potential.”

Oh word? Harvard College Admissions Office accepts an overachieving high school senior who enjoys masochism? Tiger Mom or not, hey Sophia, you’ll fit right in.

TIGER MOM RAWR (babble.blogspot.com)