Thank you, this article had me thinking I'd gone insane. The idea that elite universities anywhere are a meritocracy is a pretty silly idea on its face. And sur

Thank you, this article had me thinking I'd gone insane. The idea that elite universities anywhere are a meritocracy is a pretty silly idea on its face. And sure enough, there is nothing presented in this article which supports the claim that this practice had stopped in Europe, which means it's either so obvious that everyone with half a brain knows it already, or it's just a spurious claim they threw in there without anything to back it up.