Why are people mad that kids of principal donors are institutional priorities?
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Anonymous
| Their 8, 9, even 10 figure donations lift all boats. |
Anonymous
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I handle that better than dumb athletes at T10/20/Ivies.
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Anonymous
| It doesn’t really bother me. It’s a few seats na enables them to find a lot of other kids. It’s icky but whatever. |
Anonymous
They make a ton of money on the backs of those kids, that’s why they admit them. |
Anonymous
Those dumb athletes are both smarter and more successful than your children. Was just hanging out with some Cal and Stanford volleyball players this morning. They would eat your kids as snacks. |
Anonymous
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Ok, I'll bite... it's because it makes it obvious that getting into said school is not and is rarely based on merit. So the fail-upwards spawn gets into the "highly selective" school because mom and dad funded a serenity park on the quad. Said spawn goes on to become senator because his/her parent's name carries a lot of weight in all the right circles; and those are just the more blatant types of pay to play...
Meanwhile the rest of our children are busting their butts, taking on summer jobs, volunteering, losing sleep over grades; watching mom and dad not take a vacation, in the hopes they get into that special school... We know it's all a lie; there are genius children who never get a chance, because they don't have the resources. Sadly, Senator Fail-Upwards will sponsor a bill criminalizing his fellow poorer citizens. If only we could pull ourselves up with our bootstraps with a million dollar loan from mom and dad - think of all the casinos we could bankrupt... |
Anonymous
Who said it was about merit? |
Anonymous
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It does not make me mad but it is a good reminder of how the world actually works and that money buys power and influence. I think some people don't like being reminded of that fact and that's what they are actually upset about -- not some kid of a donor getting a spot at an elite school, but just the idea that we live in a world that is that transactional and corrupt.
Also I think sometimes people whose kids don't get into these schools sometimes look at the aggregate of donors' kids, recruited athletes, etc., and feel that the system is keeping their kids out. It's the feeling that it's never enough to be a really smart, hard working, successful middle class kid. You need parents who are able to pour tons of money into private schools, athletics, college donations, etc. That's not strictly true but it can feel true when you are in the thick of it. As I said above, the game is somewhat rigged and that's hard to confront if you have this idea that it's not supposed to be. |
Anonymous
Universities make much more money from successful graduates who later donate millions from their ventures. Mediocre rich kids at T20s are a waste of space. Those students and the dollars their parents bring are more necessary at middling colleges that need the money for cash flow. |
Anonymous
But the donations now are a sure thing, the future donations are a bet. |
Anonymous
At one point, enough is enough https://youtu.be/1q82twrdr0U?si=ERnu_LUn5Wbl2-Hg “Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again…” |
Anonymous
No they don't. The vast majority of sports are money pits. Very few sports are profitable for Ivy+ schools. |
Anonymous
Money trumps merit but merit still exists. |
Anonymous
Find me one Ivy League admissions officer saying, on the record, “we admit without regard to merit.” |
Anonymous
| Because people are used to getting their kids subsidized by other people who get nothing in return. |