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Is it a recent phenomenon in the US? My country has a pretty straightforward pay-to-win scheme, which leads to degrees with a higher barrier of entry (mostly ST
by mkl95 4y ago
Is it a recent phenomenon in the US? My country has a pretty straightforward pay-to-win scheme, which leads to degrees with a higher barrier of entry (mostly STEM) having a disproportionate amount of middle-upper class students.
Even university is partially pay-to-win since well-off students usually spend thousands a year on private lessons that are the uni equivalent of cheat codes. Even if it weren't dominated by the elite, it would still be a fundamentally elitist system.
- schnitzelstoat 4y agoThe biggest difference I noticed at University was not that wealthier students would pay for private lessons, but rather that wealthier students didn't need to do part-time work to get by. This gave them much more time to study.
- desmosxxx 4y ago+1. I also saw some wealthier students go part-time during particularly hard semesters (and/or to have extra time to study for gre) and just add an extra semester or two.