Lots of dumb minorities got in ..I’d bet my house on it...They weren’t prepared for that level of stupidity....
One of the big problems with underqualified people being admitted is that the failure rate will be come apparent and that, of course, will portray MIT and their reputation as a racist system.
Yep, that’s what it sounds like. Gee, you’d think the people running MIT might have figured that out, they are probably looking at some ridiculous percentage of their new students flunking out.
I had a neighborhood friend, my age, who was treated as a child prodigy when we were in elementary school. By junior high, that special coddling in elementary school gave way to the academically/socially disconnected nature of junior high and high school. His performance was average. I graduated a year early, so it was Fall 1974 when my neighbor showed up on campus. He soon discovered the new recreation hall with pool tables and food. That became more interesting than studying. One quarter and gone. The next (and last) time I saw him in person, he was taking a basket weaving class at Southwestern College. I was on the way to teach the Electronics 51/91 course. His wife is a school teacher. He drives a school bus. I have no idea how things went so bad for my neighbor.