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[quote=Anonymous]this is a circular firing squad.

1. This area is not especially unique. NY, LA, suburban chicago, some of the best HS are in Texas .. I mean, we don't even have very wealthy or famous here. We don't have any top private schools here.  We're basically suburban NJ  .. great kids, great schools, lots of resources, plenty of legacies and sporty kids.

2. But what does it matter.  These schools are letting in 3%. 97 out of 100 doesn't get in and don't be fooled, 90 out of those 100 had very competitive application. They're all top of their good high schools, Eagle Scouts, tennis team Capitan, research at local U, and Yale Global Scholar or whatever.

3. This is a failure of higher ed.  They're sitting on tax advantaged cash.  Tens of billions. They're taking in more millions from tax payers (Harvard got $625mm in 2021) and more from tax advantaged corporations (302mm for Harvard in 2021). And they charge upwards of 90k per student. "Historic financial aid for families making under 150k"  f you, Princeton.  You don't need this money.

4. They take in 600 kids .. or 1600 kids. When they could take in double that number quite easily.  Laugh at northwestern, but there's no reason these schools couldn't do more to move kids off campus for a while to fit more kids in (Princeton esp bad .. more juniors do summer aboard, not a semester or year abroad).  They could run year round.  They could build or buy more housing.

And when AA was struck down, we should have screamed for them to end legacy and athletics. It was shameful when Stanford folded when rich white alumni said "but you ca''t cut sailing! That's  what made Stanford special" Was it ? Gross

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