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I've never understood the tendency towards thinking that the silver spoon darlings are somehow more competent than decent grads from less selective institutions
by Glyptodon 11y ago
I've never understood the tendency towards thinking that the silver spoon darlings are somehow more competent than decent grads from less selective institutions who have actually had to deal with life.
- protomyth 11y agoParticularly when their recruiting is so geo-limited. In the 80's, I applied to a lot of schools, had very good SAT and ACT scores (ND is an ACT state so I took the SAT myself), and never received even an acknowledgment letter (pre-web, pain in butt to get the applications and it was money I could have used elsewhere). Texas A&M sent me a scholarship even though I didn't apply, but I really didn't want to be a petroleum engineer. Ended up going to the state institution.