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Recently saw an article about parents spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to have their kids work with professional resume builders just to get an advanta
by amusingimpala75 3y ago
Recently saw an article about parents spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to have their kids work with professional resume builders just to get an advantage with college applications. Now that many colleges are trying to phase out SATs because “it discriminates against poorer households”, it’s being replaced with essay and resume based things that seem to provide an advantage to the richer households who can afford the absurd amounts to very carefully cultivate the documents.
- Macha 3y agoYeah, Canonical presented one of these 40 question style interviews that felt like a very thinly veiled class check in comparison to the usual interviews in my country. I'd much rather a whiteboard exercise than that. Apparently it's been discussed on HN before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37059857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37059857
- boeingUH60 3y agoThat was the aim always. To disadvantage the poor and middle class by disguising under “equality” and “diversity”. Two-faced hypocrisy at its peak.