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I'm not really bothered by a handful of elite universities which are only attended by wealthy and connected people. Why is this a problem? Other schools exist
by SamPatt 4y ago
I'm not really bothered by a handful of elite universities which are only attended by wealthy and connected people.
Why is this a problem? Other schools exist which are accessible to people without wealth and connections.
The colleges can let in whoever they want or don't want. We don't need all of them to be an accurate representation of society at large. Plenty of other institutions in society are also not representative - churches, companies, sports teams - and that's just fine.
- yieldcrv 4y agocase in point: Harvard has existed for nearly 400 years before having to deal with a couple decades of the general population thinking genpop needs Ivy League. Harvard will exist for another 400 years after genpop re-invents trade schools or the private sector finds another way to sort for employees. It's just literally not the school's problem. We've wasted many cycles and divided society by pretending like it is.
- nonethewiser 4y agoThis is also way overstating it. Harvard's freshman class is around 1700. If you're a top 1700 high school student you have a great shot at getting into Harvard. Only 300 people per year get a perfect 1600 on SAT's. If your scores are top 1700 that alone will be enough to get you noticed. It's not like there are 1700+ people in the 99th percentile.
- yieldcrv 4y agothat, and these places aren't a meritocracy, never were, never will be. its a class system, for a class system. After half a millenia of this continent ensuring that the class system is also a race disenfranchisement system, then this will be reflected in admissions whether it is by class, by merit, or by some flawed hybrid that is affirmative action.