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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a member of a NOVA family that just started earning $250, with a high stats kid that was turned down by "elite" schools and is now attending an OOS public, who cares?!  If privates simply want undergraduates of the haves and have-nots, with Cal, Michigan and UVA pretending, who am I to argue? Life isn't fair. Thousands of alternatives.  Confident kid number 1 will make them all look foolish in the end.[/quote]

[b]Again privates can do whatever they want, just not on dime of my hard earned middle class money.[/b]

Hence, the Merit Act - Merit-Based Educational Reforms and Institutional Transparency
https://nypost.com/2024/01/11/news/bipartisan-congress-aims-to-defund-colleges-over-legacy-admissions/

Make sense? Fair enough? Got it?

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Privates still benefit from public support in the form of financial aid, including loan guarantees, research grants, and other benefits like tax exempt status.[/quote]

You don't have any idea what research grants are.

You don't take any issue with any other tax-exempt non-profit.

You want to change an entire system simply on the hope it increases YOUR particular kid's chances of Harvard from 5% to 5 1/4%.

You want to do this on the backs of the poor.[/quote]

“Change an entire system.” Yes, god forbid we get rid of legacy preference and letting donors buy their kids’ spots, how on earth we will possibly survive.[/quote]

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