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Reply to "Fun fact of the day, independent private schools make up 40% of student enrollment at most Ivies...where is the equity?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you ever think that the current admissions system is equitable? It has never been and likely will never be. Get over it.[/quote] In Selingo's book, he told the story of how athletics came to such prominence in admissions: Jewish white males started to make up more and more of the incoming class, and since it was somewhat hard to filter for religion explicitly, they found athleticism (which favored the taller WASP types in temperament and physical attributes) would boost WASP admissions nicely. That continues to this day, and now its mostly socioeconomic (who can pay for sports starting in Pre-K or access niche WASP sports like squash, lacrosse, fencing, etc).[/quote]
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