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It's Harvard - about a third get in, preferentially, because their parents got in: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/10/28/high-time-to-end-legacy-admiss

by ipaul 5y ago

It's Harvard - about a third get in, preferentially, because their parents got in: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/10/28/high-time-to-end-legacy-admissions/ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/10/28/high-time-to-e...

mrkramer 5y ago
Yea remember Michelle Obama. I heard it from Peter Thiel when he said something like this: "Michele Obama said all colleges are good for children not only elite one. The next thing you hear her children are going to Harvard." Edit: here is the Peter Thiel reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4VYFAQGaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4VYFAQGaA
- tfigment 5y ago
  I guess Stanford is not an elite university then either. If he went to state or community college i might care more but his argument is not in good faith anyway.
  - karaterobot 5y ago
    But he's not the one who made the argument, he's saying she was being hypocritical.
- strikelaserclaw 5y ago
  good enough for plebs not future ruling elites.
- Brendinooo 5y ago
  One of their daughters is at Michigan, right?
- hcknwscommenter 5y ago
  This is a weird comment in my opinion. MO says regular colleges are good too. She doesn't say "just as good". Of course going to Harvard can (not necessarily does) provide certain advantages. She didn't deny that.
  - mrkramer 5y ago
    She said: "The one thing I've been telling my daughters is that I don't want them to choose a name university. There are thousands of amazing universities."
    - chomp 5y ago
      Yeah, she may not have wanted them to choose a big name university, and yet they did. I don't see any hypocrisy here- her daughters have their own choice (If I were her daughters, you better bet I'd choose whatever lets me leverage my parents' connections). My parents didn't want me to apply to Texas A&M, and yet I did anyway, and got accepted (didn't go because of lack of financial aid). That wouldn't have made my parents into hypocrites if I did go, however.
      - mrkramer 5y ago
        Was your father the president of US and your mother the first lady of US? You should get the point by now.
- foobarian 5y ago
  That's a non-sequitur to begin with, clearly made in bad faith and intentionally misleading.
- zokula 5y ago
  > The next thing you hear her one of her children are going to Harvard." FTFY

by ipaul 5y ago

mrkramer 5y ago

Yea remember Michelle Obama. I heard it from Peter Thiel when he said something like this: "Michele Obama said all colleges are good for children not only elite one. The next thing you hear her children are going to Harvard." Edit: here is the Peter Thiel reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4VYFAQGaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4VYFAQGaA

tfigment 5y ago
I guess Stanford is not an elite university then either. If he went to state or community college i might care more but his argument is not in good faith anyway.
- karaterobot 5y ago
  But he's not the one who made the argument, he's saying she was being hypocritical.
strikelaserclaw 5y ago
good enough for plebs not future ruling elites.
Brendinooo 5y ago
One of their daughters is at Michigan, right?
hcknwscommenter 5y ago
This is a weird comment in my opinion. MO says regular colleges are good too. She doesn't say "just as good". Of course going to Harvard can (not necessarily does) provide certain advantages. She didn't deny that.
- mrkramer 5y ago
  She said: "The one thing I've been telling my daughters is that I don't want them to choose a name university. There are thousands of amazing universities."
  - chomp 5y ago
    Yeah, she may not have wanted them to choose a big name university, and yet they did. I don't see any hypocrisy here- her daughters have their own choice (If I were her daughters, you better bet I'd choose whatever lets me leverage my parents' connections). My parents didn't want me to apply to Texas A&M, and yet I did anyway, and got accepted (didn't go because of lack of financial aid). That wouldn't have made my parents into hypocrites if I did go, however.
    - mrkramer 5y ago
      Was your father the president of US and your mother the first lady of US? You should get the point by now.
foobarian 5y ago
That's a non-sequitur to begin with, clearly made in bad faith and intentionally misleading.
zokula 5y ago
> The next thing you hear her one of her children are going to Harvard." FTFY