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A large part of the prestige comes from being associated with the people who got in on merit. I can see that for UC Berkeley, but would that be true of somewhe
by protomyth 6y ago
A large part of the prestige comes from being associated with the people who got in on merit.
I can see that for UC Berkeley, but would that be true of somewhere like Harvard? I get the feeling it would devalue some of the perks of a Harvard education to accept on merit, when a lot of the students from low income backgrounds find the value in mixing with the legacy students.
- mattnewton 6y agoPlenty of legacy students would get in anyways because of the incredible access to tutors, impressive sounding enrichment programs, and plain better schools wealth brings in this country, no need to stack the deck even further. "Got into harvard" is supposed to be a mark of a high achieving individual and would be devalued if they were more explicit about pay-to-play.