soupsoup: mandalay: brigno:maafna:abbyjean:postbourgie Yep, that’s about right. :( I despise nepotism. Children of alumni and donors should be treated the same as all other applicants. -M At the same time though, as Gladwell pointed out in Outliers, there are so many perfect applicants to the Ivy Leagues that it’s impossible to differentiate on achievements/merits and that admissions might as well be reduced to a lottery system for the best applicants. Now, this little political comic is targeting admissions in general, but still, it seems to be a pain point in the upper echelons of academia more than college admissions in general.
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Yep, that’s about right. :( I despise nepotism. Children of alumni and donors should be treated the same as all other applicants. -M

At the same time though, as Gladwell pointed out in Outliers, there are so many perfect applicants to the Ivy Leagues that it’s impossible to differentiate on achievements/merits and that admissions might as well be reduced to a lottery system for the best applicants. Now, this little political comic is targeting admissions in general, but still, it seems to be a pain point in the upper echelons of academia more than college admissions in general.

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    but assuming they do just as well as the other applicants, which is the biggest argument when it comes to minorities...
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    At the same time though, as Gladwell pointed out in Outliers, there are so many perfect applicants to the Ivy Leagues...
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    being a minority don’t mean shit no more.
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    thanks, soupsoup, mandalay, brigno, maafna, abbyjean, postbourgie.
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