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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one stays on top without giving thought to how they can best change for the better.  They do a good job on the financial end.  It is on points 2 and 3 that [b]they can lead the way to a merit based system that still takes into account ECs in addition to academic record yet eliminate the buckets of legacy, URM, sports and connections. [/b] Under the current structure of admissions, the institution who is supposedly the best in the world is sending a message to kids that their academic  efforts don't really matter.  It's more important that you are born to the right family, who you know or that you're a fast runner.  We have work places and pro sport teams for that.  Alumni kids should not be afraid of the competition they are well equipped for through nature and nurture.  People talk about having access to the 1%.   Why...are kids only capable of succeeding  through other people whose parents did the heavy lifting?  I know too idealistic here but I think college should be idealistic  because they are dealing with formative years and leave the professional aspects to graduate schools.[/quote]

Again, you seem to think that it's a problem that Harvard takes into account legacy, URM, sports, and connections. But Harvard doesn't see that as a problem. In fact, no college or university does. Colleges and universities want competitive athletic teams. (Speaking of which, why are you okay with other ECs being taken into account, but not athletics?) Harvard also doesn't see it as a problem that they give preferential treatment to URMs. In fact, few colleges or universities see that as a problem; many see it as an absolute mission. And many Americans agree that they should.

I don't know anyone, anywhere who thinks that Harvard is sending a message to kids that their academic efforts don't really matter. What rock are you living under?
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Harvard has managed to stay on top for almost 400 years[/b]. I think they may know better than you do how to position themselves to stay there.[/quote]

Or at least no. 3.[/quote]

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