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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol … college admissions was more meritocratic when men didn’t have to compete with anyone.

Oh lol that’s hilarious.[/quote]

Men didn’t have to compete with anyone in 1996? In 2003? What? [/quote]

The pool of candidates was smaller and less widely dispersed. The pool from which you drew applicants was just smaller for a host of reasons.

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And that was a good thing. No, it wasn’t discriminatory at that point. The kids who applied were serious students who carefully curated their application lists. [/quote]

Agree that the kids who applied were serious students who thought carefully about where to apply. You had to when you were filling out paper apps with different essays and there was no common app. That was probably a good thing as compared to now when it's easier to apply to so many more schools without a lot of thought.

But some things are definitely better now. Much more focus on diversity. "First gen" was not even a term a generation ago when I went to an Ivy. Now schools seem much more intentional about getting those students and also supporting them once they are on campus. [/quote]

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