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The history of Jewish admissions at Harvard* (and Princeton, etc) is sort of 'required reading' to understand the Asian admissions issue. If I recall correctly
by thomassmith65 5y ago
The history of Jewish admissions at Harvard* (and Princeton, etc) is sort of 'required reading' to understand the Asian admissions issue.
If I recall correctly large numbers of Jewish students, at least into the 1960s, who applied to the Ivies just had stellar grades. Harvard and others implemented 'character tests' as a result, as they worried the overrepresentation of Jews on campus would scare off Christian parents.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_quota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_quota
- muh_gradle 5y agoI can believe that. I am confident though that Jewish students benefit heavily more with legacy. Asian Americans don't have 3-5 generations of Harvard and Ivy league students to benefit from. It's all a moot point though because private institutions will never release this information, and we will always have an "elite" white cohort consequently.