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It's funny to me how cynical and skeptical HN is about diversity-related admissions, but how quickly everyone jumps to point out the positives of legacy admissi
by underlipton 3y ago
It's funny to me how cynical and skeptical HN is about diversity-related admissions, but how quickly everyone jumps to point out the positives of legacy admissions.
These aren't people who are being objective. We are now mask-off with regard to how this is simply an emotional matter centered around what is most advantageous to whatever group. The least we could do is be open about the role of self-interest here.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoOr people are less emotional about wealth. (Or people are wealthy.)
- dublinben 3y agoDon't you think there's just as much self-interest behind the the primary argument of relying exclusively on "merit"? This is likely being promulgated by a demographic who over-indexes on this dimension and is lacking in any other that may be included in a holistic admissions process.
- underlipton 3y ago>Don't you think there's just as much self-interest behind the the primary argument of relying exclusively on "merit"? Oh, absolutely.
- az226 3y agoIf they were admitting legacy students who were hundreds of points lower on the SATs and bad grades, then yeah, it’d be as bad as affirmative action. But in practice it’s only ever used to break ties. If affirmative action was implemented the same way legacy admissions is, I doubt the lawsuit against Harvard would ever exist, and opposition essentially non-existent.
- underlipton 3y ago>If they were admitting legacy students who were hundreds of points lower on the SATs and bad grades They are.