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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (180097)	11/7/2021 11:19:56 PM
From: marcher	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 218068

--African ancestry ... applications do ask about ethnic grouping-- indoctrination is an interesting process. i understand erita's decision. however, "something's off" when a person needs to dismiss family heritage in order to avoid offense. reminds me of something my dad used to say: damned if you do, damned if you don't. do you think teotwawki will be increasingly dilemmatic?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (180097)	11/17/2021 9:53:15 AM
From: marcher	Respond to of 218068

looks like merit isn't very important at some elite colleges: "... 43% of Harvard’s white students are either recruited athletes, legacy students, on the dean’s interest list (meaning their parents have donated to the school) or children of faculty and staff (students admitted based on these criteria are referred to as ‘ALDCs’, which stands for ‘athletes’, ‘legacies’, ‘dean’s interest list’ and ‘children’ of Harvard employees). The kicker? Roughly three-quarters of these applicants would have been rejected if it weren’t for having rich or Harvard-connected parents or being an athlete....it’s clear that the school’s competitiveness is not just based on academic strength or great test scores, but also whether or not your parents or grandparents have donated significantly to the school. This dynamic is inherently racialized, with almost 70% of all legacy applicants at Harvard being white. According to the study, a white person’s chances of being admitted increased seven times if they had family who donated to Harvard. Meanwhile in stark contrast, African American, Asian American and Hispanic students make up less than 16% of ALDC students. This kind of systemic favoritism of the white, wealthy and connected is not new when it comes to elite academic institutions. .." theguardian.com