Yep, it's a social status dogwhistle, just like requiring college degrees for jobs where it is in no way relevant. There's also a significant racial component

Yep, it's a social status dogwhistle, just like requiring college degrees for jobs where it is in no way relevant. There's also a significant racial component to it. It's not a coincidence that top power-broking universities have moved sharply away from objective towards subjective metrics and increased the percentage of legacy admissions at the same time that increased access for minorities has been sought.