Are ECs a proxy of wealth in admissions?

[Anonymous]

That is the impression I am getting as I learn about this process.

[Anonymous]

Oh god stop it.

[Anonymous]

Who cares. Wealthy people get nicer things. Nicer homes, nicer cars, nicer vacations, nicer educations.

It’s not “inequitable” that my friend has a beach house and I don’t or that she can afford Yale and I can’t.

[Anonymous]

Yes, especially if the EC is outside the school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares. Wealthy people get nicer things. Nicer homes, nicer cars, nicer vacations, nicer educations.

It’s not “inequitable” that my friend has a beach house and I don’t or that she can afford Yale and I can’t.

If Yale wants to admit wealthy people, they should simply put the slots up for bidding by the highest bidder

[Anonymous]

No. How much you spend on it doesn't matter. You can spend a million on your kid's football training, or have his come up through an inner city football program. You can spend a fortune on film equipment and camps or you can send your kid to the free film course in the city. And so on. In the end, your kid either has talent for a scholarship or not; and if not, then they are both in the same boat with the same activities on the page.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. How much you spend on it doesn't matter. You can spend a million on your kid's football training, or have his come up through an inner city football program. You can spend a fortune on film equipment and camps or you can send your kid to the free film course in the city. And so on.

lol which one has better results?

[Anonymous]

Totally.

[Anonymous]

Where have you been?

[Anonymous]

who cares

[Anonymous]

The college lists are filled with kids who have played squash, sailing, fencing, equestrian, rowing, even pickleball now - even if not recruited they have so many awards and accolades bc they travel around the country competing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares. Wealthy people get nicer things. Nicer homes, nicer cars, nicer vacations, nicer educations.

It’s not “inequitable” that my friend has a beach house and I don’t or that she can afford Yale and I can’t.

If Yale wants to admit wealthy people, they should simply put the slots up for bidding by the highest bidder

My Dad says that at his Yale 25th reunion they did just that - as a fundraiser. It was 1982.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares. Wealthy people get nicer things. Nicer homes, nicer cars, nicer vacations, nicer educations.

It’s not “inequitable” that my friend has a beach house and I don’t or that she can afford Yale and I can’t.

If Yale wants to admit wealthy people, they should simply put the slots up for bidding by the highest bidder

My Dad says that at his Yale 25th reunion they did just that - as a fundraiser. It was 1982.

was it also tax deductible?

[Anonymous]

I don't care if T20s/Ivies and all the rest admit wealthier kids or that wealthier kids tend to have better EC opportunities than regular kids. I just want T20s/Ivies/etal to stop pretending that they show no preference (we are "holistic" in our admissions) - what a joke

[Anonymous]

Colleges already know who is wealthy. If you don't fill out a fafsa or CSS for the college, they pretty much know you don't need aid. And if you do fill it out, then they know the family income, assets, etc.