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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think with the varsity blues scandal and the Harvard sat stats per race that were released, a lot of the general public is starting to realize that ivies don’t have the best and brightest, but a lot of “hooked” kids.[/quote]

Yale has had hooked kids for a long time, like other Ivies, but it's the academic qualifications of the unhooked kids that has taken a nose dive over the past 20 years.

There was a period when the Ivies embraced the idea of a meritocracy, and the best and the brightest both gravitated towards and typically ended up at Ivies.  Then Yale and its peers pivoted towards promoting diversity over merit.  [/quote]

Pray tell when exactly was the period when the Ivies embraced the idea of a meritocracy and the best and the brightest ended up there? Was it pre 60s when they didn't take the best and brightest Jews? Or pre 70s when they left out the best and brightest women?

Read up on the history of these schools please.

Signed,

An Ivy grad[/quote]

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