[Baladas]

Hmmm . . . I’m thinking about what you said. Which is worse, a legacy admission or an AA admission? Both are wrong, probably, because that’s giving preferential treatment due to factors out of one’s control.

Bush DID release his academic records though.

[allmendream]

Yes, and despite Bush being (somewhat correctly) portrayed as a guy who wasn't very smart - and Kerry being (incorrectly) portrayed as a super-smart supra genius - it was amusing to see that Bush did better in grades and IQ.

To me an actual AA admission (i.e. NOT raised by his well to do white grandparents - but an actual first person in the family to go to college type who overcame adversity in their personal life) is far more justified than a “legacy” admission of some guy born with a silver-spoon in his mouth, the child of college graduates, raised in a house full of books - and they STILL couldn’t measure up and needed a bit of a boost to go to the Ivy League that daddy went to.

Harvard and Yale are impressive - getting in because of your daddy being a big shot and you being the prodigal son - not so impressive.