bosoxs45
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https://medium.com/s/story/the-dirty-secret-of-elite-college-admissions-d41077df670e
What do you think of how colleges handle the admissions process?
What do you think of how colleges handle the admissions process?
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The dirty secret of elite college admissions (1 Viewer)
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Can you give us the Cliff Notes version?bosoxs45 said:
Keerock
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Cliff notes:
Legacy applicants get admitted with lower scores because their parents give a ton of money. They do not like Asians, likely because they aren’t considered upper elite tier folks who give buildings and such. They say they thrive on diversity but they still admit mainly top 1%ers.
Also, they enjoy tax exempt status even though their endowments make billions of dollars every year. It’s kind of disturbing when you realize that they have endowments larger than state budgets.
Legacy applicants get admitted with lower scores because their parents give a ton of money. They do not like Asians, likely because they aren’t considered upper elite tier folks who give buildings and such. They say they thrive on diversity but they still admit mainly top 1%ers.
Also, they enjoy tax exempt status even though their endowments make billions of dollars every year. It’s kind of disturbing when you realize that they have endowments larger than state budgets.
El Floppo
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I stopped reading after a bit... but it seems to be that legacies get the push over comparatively deserving students, which perpetuates the intellectual, economic and ruling elite from within those institutions.
and something about princeton being over-rated and sucky.
mr. furley
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sounds like America in a microcosm
it's not what you know, it's who you know and how much money each of you have
it's not what you know, it's who you know and how much money each of you have
Anarchy99
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I am pretty sure Harvard has a policy that once students are accepted, they will never be kicked out if they can't pay for it. Not sure how they work that, but once someone gets in they will figure out a way to get the costs covered.
Thanks. I wonder if the author really think it's a "secret" that legacies get preference and it's mostly about the money?
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Judge Smails
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Being a Legacy worked for Flounder...
SFBayDuck
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SFBayDuck
Footballguy
Wow, mind blown (I looked up the script as well). My friends and I have always said "dudes" for that line. I mean none of those dudes were paying their dues anyway.
BoltBacker
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I think every university and community college has a similar policy. Now, you may leave six figures in debt.... but everyone deserves an education even if they spend most of their adult lives paying for it..... I mean the interest on it.
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