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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child goes to one of MIT/Uchicago/Hopkins/Northwestern (no point in saying which) and works so hard for As. The school uses various methods to cap the number of “top achievers,” and she was specifically told in a class this year that typically only 5% of the students leave with an A. Some people here will call them grinder/striver schools, which is just another way of saying that the [b]non-rich, non-legacy riffraff should stay submissive and happy with their lot.[/b] But these schools and a few others seem to be so far above Harvard’s academic standards at the moment. Between the lax undergrad standards and the appalling number of Harvard and Yale Law grads who seem to have never read the Constitution, I think a drop in many Ivy League schools’ rankings and popular perception is just a matter of time.

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Chicago has legacy preference, and lots of rich private school kids.  [/quote]

Yes every top school has lots of rich kids from private schools, and most give a legacy boost. Yet somehow only the rigorous universities as named above (and there are a few others) are derided here as being full of “strivers,” as if actually having to work hard at college is the dreaded mark of the bourgeoisie. [/quote]

Because they want their kids in at ivies through the side door, lacrosse or rowing, typically in combination with legacy.[/quote]

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