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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can’t have it both ways OP. That’s what you/your kids have to pay. They will never shake that doubt in other people’s eyes.[/quote] +1. Also doesn’t help that, quite frankly, there is a not-insignificant number of URMs from super elite schools that I’ve encountered who simply are not quite as brilliant as one would hope. But the same goes for legacies and donor admits and athletes.[/quote] How is it that you have encountered a not insignificant number of URMs from super elite schools???? I'm one AND I spend my workdays at an even more elite institution. There are very. Very few of us here. [/quote] I work in NYC and there are plenty of URMs from the Harvards and Yales of the world. One of my colleagues at my last job was one, and she spent more time being incredibly entitled than actually doing her job. Also loved wearing her sweater with the big H on it and constantly drop unsubtle hints about where she went to school. Barf.[/quote]
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