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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:55 PM Original message |
Co-worker's son got rejected by an Ivy League school. He blames it on affirmative action. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. More likely bumped by a legacy preference. n/t |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. The legacy admissions |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Cognitive dissonance |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. My own nephew -- |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. 1 out of 10 accepted, and all 10 have 4.0s (or above) |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. My mom worked for years at a HS where... |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am going to assume |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. i didn't get a job once due to racial preferences |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Sounds like a quota |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. this was way after bakke |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ivy for undergrad is over rated. They are all large except for W and Mary. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yes and no. |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. You need way more than that to get in |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. But it's so much easier to resent someone you can also look down on |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
15. Good job on your part, reminding him about the legacy admissions.. |
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