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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amherst is the closest school to Ivies to go this route which is good. Athletics are still major funnel of rich white kids.[/quote]

Athletics is also a major funnel for black kids.  So what?[/quote]

At schools with selective admissions, like Amherst, athletics is dominated by wealthy white students. The point is that if you’re going to get rid of legacy admissions you should be taking a hard look at athletic preferences because they’re probably even more skewed[/quote]

You’re making the flawed assumption that white athletes are unqualified for admission. For the privileged crew or squash athletes it’s jus a finger on the scale.
 For the POC football or basketball player it’s a lifeline.[/quote]

This is the lie you tell yourself to justify your advantage. The Harvard admissions data makes clear that athletic recruits are far below the normal academic qualifications of non athletes.   If you think people in your school or your kids’ schools  weren’t thinking you or they got into schools they didn’t “deserve” then I’d like some of the drugs you’re taking to warp reality. [/quote]

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