L.A.’s Elite on Edge as Prosecutors Pursue More Parents in Admissions Scandal

Post by anon12345690 » Sun, May 05, 2019, 4:32 PM UTC

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What about the middle-class kid who doesn't qualify to any of these programs whose chance to get the best teachers and nurturing environment is spoiled by the dumb rich kid taking a spot and wasting it? What about the extra administrative, time burden and uncertainty of outcome the poor kids have to suffer to chase all these financial aid programs? There's clearly room for improvement.

> What about the middle-class kid who doesn't qualify to any of these programs Citation needed. I was that kid myself. There are no "programs" to "qualify" for. You file a financial aid form. Whatever you and your parents can reasonably pay, you pay, and the school covers the rest. It works for everyone. And one of the reasons it works for everyone is revenue that the school generates, and yeah, that includes some sh…

Post by anon12345690 » Sun, May 05, 2019, 4:37 PM UTC

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The problem with elite colleges like Harvard, has nothing to do with meritocracy. In fact, it's the opposite. They use opaque and subjective criteria in their admissions process, in order to favor those born into privilege. For a better example of a meritocracy, take a look at New York's elite magnet schools like Stuyvesant. Their admissions process is a pure meritocracy - based entirely on a standardized exam that i…

Economic diversity, yes. But Stuyvesant is 92% white and Asian, which is not racially diverse.