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I’m saying there’s no reason why the son of a wealthy VC should even remotely need help gaming the admissions game of a public college with a 40% admissions rat
by dawhizkid 8y ago
I’m saying there’s no reason why the son of a wealthy VC should even remotely need help gaming the admissions game of a public college with a 40% admissions rate given the vast resources you should have had since your birth. The fact that there was even a chance he could have not gotten in (which should be difficult to do if you got above average SAT scores even from out of state) is quite frankly shocking.
This must have been more than an “insurance plan” to ensure getting in. Completely seriously his son must have been a legitimately terrible student or actually not very bright at all.
- bredren 8y agoI think that is a little unfair to the kid, really. I know a person who came from by all appearances a great background who made poor decisions as a young adult and failed to achieve a lot. But then their sibling went on to a top tier college, enter NY finance and marry the child of a nobel laureate. I also know someone who was raised by a single father who was abusive, but went on to put themselves through a BS in engineering and has done well for themselves at least professionally. Origins do not dictate futures, and just because you don't get good grades early on doesn't mean you aren't a promising person.
- dawhizkid 8y agoIt’s more an indictment on the kid’s parents than the kid himself. No idea what the VC was like as a dad, but what if he worked all the time and never saw his kid growing up and come year 17 just try to buy his kid into school to make up for not actually parenting...
- bredren 8y agoThat's a lot of presumptions. It also could have been largely "normal" but the kid wasn't exceptional, and they just wanted to make sure this happened.