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To: ErikJohnsky

A white, male, and Republican with the same record would not have a prayer. The system is rigged.


56 posted on 04/04/2017 4:02:01 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Socon-Econ
"A white, male, and Republican with the same record would not have a prayer. The system is rigged."

I thought the academic records and standardized test scores of ivy league "legacies", recruited athletes and URMs ("underrepresented minorities") taken as groups are roughly the same.

Problem is that only a small part of the class remains available for everyone else, so it's extremely competitive for those applicants who aren't legacies, can't throw a ball, and don't have the preferred combination of physical characteristics. They need to be very, very smart, and then it's a matter of luck.

She must be smart enough to survive in a very competitive academic environment or she wouldn't have been admitted. So I wish her the best.

74 posted on 04/04/2017 4:33:43 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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