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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand this. Aren't admissions more competitive than ever? Aren't these the superhuman students who aced the hardest classes, scored extremely highly on SATs, had very time-consuming ECs....? We are told nobody has a chance at these schools, and yet, those who are actually there, can't read a book? How is this possible.[/quote]

They are.. and the majority of the admitted kids are the best of the best. This group that's suffering are likely the 'quota admits' - Athletic, race,[b] donors,[/b] etc.[/quote]

Something tells me the children of people donating hundreds of millions of dollars aren't struggling.[/quote]

What tells you??

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361

"Study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff"
"The study also found that roughly 75 percent of the white students admitted from those four categories, labeled 'ALDCs' in the study, “would have been rejected if they had been treated as white non-ALDCs,” the study said."[/quote]

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