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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College is not a reward for good little boys and girls? College is a community. College is also educating a society. Colleges choose students based on who can make their community more full (big names/athletes/artists). They also choose people they think can contribute to society in some way (like the parkland kids, or the smartest kid in some unknown town whose gpa/Sat might be less than yours but it’s the highest there ) It is a meritocracy you just don’t like the measuring stick they use.[/quote] This sounds really sweet until you realize that the unifying principle is “building the class that best serves the selfish interests of our institution.” If you think Harvard regarded the Parkland kid as anything more than a bauble you’ve got your head in the sand. [/quote] If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.[/quote]
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