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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its sad that people spend so much time putting down "brown applicants" when the people taking their kids places are doing so in an open legal manner (large donations/high profile parents speakers) or illegal manner, bribery.  The people on this site may be educated but they are not strategic thinker because whether they want to admit it or not their lunch has been eaten.  This is America and there are no shortcuts... You can't have a "nice, meaningful job living in a nice neighborhood making decent money" and think that your kid will have the same opportunity as a wealthy kid where the parents had tough jobs or inherited $$. ...Of course rich kids are going to have more advantages and opportunity. That is the capitalistic system. But instead of talking about that...the cushy people on this site are angry that poor URMs get to go to schools that are still majority white.   It is impossible for parents here to see that their personal choices have limited the opportunites that they can afford to give their children.  Sad!

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The problem is that the schools don't admit that they are swayed by large donations.  We all strongly suspect they are, but it's hard to say for sure and to what extent.  Whereas the use of affirmative action in admissions is easier to gauge. [/quote]

Its not hard at all to gauge and it is very obvious. People just do not want to acknowledge that what wealthy families can do and do do for their kids is "more/better" than what one can provide in a "nice neighborhood with a meaningful job."  This entire forum is filled with people not realizing that parents make actual choices that have consquences for their children.  [b]Even if educational opportunities are taken from "brown applicants" they are unlikely to be bestowed on middle of the road applicants coming from comfortable middle of the road places. Those applicants, like their parents, are less likely to standout in a pack. The spots will more likely go to rich internationals, wealthy americans, athletes and those darn legacy without the legacy advantage that have all kinds of social capital and institutional knowledge to game the system without the official tip.  [/b][/quote]

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