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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 It's a very outdated metric.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]

They have found a new shield for the rich and incompetent.  We are seeing stronger emphasis on fgli this year.[/quote]

FGLI will not get them the racial diversity they want.  It will simply give them more first generation and low income asians and more asians just makes them look stupid for pushing racial policies for 50 years.[/quote]

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