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Why admission to Ivy League colleges isn't based purely on academic merit (orgtheory.wordpress.com)
2 points by oska on Sept 16, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> But still, unless he can explain how he’ll solve this complex political problem that admissions policies are designed to solve, his preening is more of a show and not serious attempt at academic reform.

So from my reading, the arguments against meritocracy in the Ivies are: Naked racism (both negative and positive), greed (although Harvard for example has no need for money these days), and nepotism.

Got it.




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