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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rich entitled white people seem to be having a nervous breakdown.  B-b-b-but affirmative action.  B-b-but “great schools”.   B-b-but NNAT prep....[/quote]

Dunno. I bet virtually all these parents would call themselves strong supporters of affirmative action (given that they're mostly Hollywood/New York liberals). All the spots their dumb kids took from others were taken from white candidates, not black candidates, so affirmative action is not at play here, one way or another.

But I think *some* angry minority people are having a nervous breakdown because this only exposes even more how college admissions is not a meritocratic process and the more clear it becomes that the expensive colleges are virtually selling seats to the higher bidder one way or another, and actually in its own way, weakens the validity of affirmative action itself because it presents it as just another form of corruption that passes for admissions. At the end of the day these schools are going to have to stop any pretense, whatsoever, that they care about meritocracy, which would be a direct contradiction to their long held missions and education values. It doesn't matter whether you're the stupid white offspring of rich and connected parents, or an AA with well below average scores and grades, you're both gaming the system in your own way, and ultimately overall weaken the integrity of the "premier" higher education in this country. There's no question that the value and prestige of degrees from fancy schools have declined as a result. [/quote]

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