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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost every kid, no ALL kids, at a school like TJ will score higher than this kid on ALL fronts. But only a handful get these kind of offers. Shame! We are supposed to be a merit-based society. Wonder when that changed..[/quote] Psst we’re a capitalist society which explains why affluent families are over-represented in elite universities, why private schools get a lot of discretion wrt their admissions criteria, and why people with more $ get pissed off when they see others with less $ getting things they thought only they were entitled to. Meritocracy is a fairy tale that only affluent white males (and those who identify with them) can believe in in this society. And if we did want a truly meritocratic system, we’d start by radically restructuring pre-collegiate education. [/quote]
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