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[quote=Anonymous]I went to Stuyvesant in NYC 20 years ago. Virtually every ivy-bound kid I knew was first or second-gen and non-athletic, plus a few urm. Everyone knew what these kids sacrificed and achieved to get their spot and no one resented them. Today, al most every Ivy grad I meet through DC’s private school got there through athletics (lacrosse, hockey, etc) and NE boarding school or private school wealth. Seeing this side has totally changed my perceptions of these schools. I truly venerated them as a young adult and now see them for what they are—mini corporations catering to wealthy white male donor egos. The rest of the world thinks this conflation of athletics and academics is a joke, as they should. [/quote]
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