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Just getting to the thread... anyone using this opportunity to derail/bitch about affirmative action yet?
No. Please don't entreat for folks to do so. That's so very not what this thread is about.
Fine, then call them out.
"Why does whoever "they" are (obviously rich people with 6 or 7 figures to waste to get their kid into the right school) implicate 'liberals' versus just the assholes who engaged in the act. I'm not a hypocrite because I didn't do it or approve of it. I imagine I'm in the 99% or so of liberals who also don't approve of bribery and fraud to get spoiled rich kids into the school of their choice."
But do you approve of the myriad of other practices that get woefully unqualified minorities into schools ahead of kids that actually have the grades?
It's all wrong.
I like the system here at Texas and Texas A&M. If you finish in the top 7% of your high school at Texas, or the top 10% at A&M (soon to be top 8%), then you are automatically admitted. Or, if you score a 30 on your ACT, you can get in as well. If you don't meet those requirements, you can attend their satellite schools, and if you have a 3.5 GPA after your sophomore year (higher in some majors), you can transfer in.
That ensures diversity of opportunity for admittance, but it makes no promises once you get there. Both schools are tough, especially in the legitimate majors, and the freshmen classes get weeded out quickly. Still, both schools are over 55,000 students because graduates from both do very well post graduation. And it's a big state.
There are some legacy programs that can get kids in, but my daughter said they don't typically do well and are gone quickly. Not many take that route anymore.
Red:
Please take that line of discussion elsewhere. That's not what this thread is about.