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>These questions are framed in the wrong way. The filter isn't cost, it's getting in, and people from middle class and poor families are at a disadvantage in te
by marcinzm 7y ago
>These questions are framed in the wrong way. The filter isn't cost, it's getting in, and people from middle class and poor families are at a disadvantage in terms of accomplishments.
Yes and no. In that there is correlation but probably not direct causality. For example, Asian middle and poor families seem to do fairly well in getting their kids to have the right achievements.
- akhilcacharya 7y agoHigh correlation, yes. Poor kids don't know how. I didn't grow up poor but nobody in my circle knew how.
- mav3rick 7y agoOr maybe you tried and it just didn't work out ? What were your test scores ? Did you have something that set you apart academically or otherwise ? Did you castigate MITs prestige in your essay as you seem to do on HN ?
- akhilcacharya 7y agoI don’t even remember the MIT essays actually. I do know that they shouldn’t be treated better than me though.
- mav3rick 7y agoIs there anyone who should be treated better than you ?