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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What the article is getting at is that smart people with emotional intelligence go far. Basing that conclusion on Ivy schools is a little reductive however. It's a very outdated metric. There are bright students with a high emotional IQ at all sorts of schools in 2026.

But peer group and good manners do matter of course - as they have since the beginning of time. Not exactly rocket science.  [/quote]
The metric is the concentration of these people.  Far fewer in other schools.[/quote]

Eh. Given admission priorities these days, the Ivy League ain't all that in 2026. For smart + emotional IQ, there are a lot of other schools, as everyone who has toured universities over the past three years has discerned. The Harvard Man is a myth today. Things have changed a lot. [/quote]

They're test required now.  All is well.  [/quote]

If you believe that test required is going to give anyone a better chance you are naive. They are still admitting the class that they want to build,  it the one that you believe they should build.[/quote]

Test scores are definitely changing who they are admitting.  [/quote]

Only at the margins which means they are still admitting who they want to admit. There will never be a system in the US where top schools admit by exam. It completely goes against their ethos.[/quote]

We will see how long that survives the death of affirmative action.

Affirmative action was carrying a loit of water for admissions preferences.  It provided a shield to other admissions preferences.  Now that it is gone, you see a lot of liberals suddenly discovering how unfair legacy admissions are.  It was an unholy bargain struck between colleges and leftists.  you get affirmative action and we get legacy et al.[/quote]

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