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<p>Let me stop you right there, because the example we are talking about (Princeton) is not rigorous. In fact, few of the elite private schools are. They’re very difficult to get into, but once you’re in, it’s relatively easy to graduate. Again, consider Bush and Kerry. </p>
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<p>Hey, I’m simply saying that some people, not necessarily including me, still consider Shields’s Princeton admission to be controversial, due to rumors that her parents exerted undue influence on the admissions process. </p>
<p>Now, to be fair, that’s still probably better than some of the more egregious examples of undue influence on the admissions process. {For example, let’s be honest, how did GW Bush really get admitted to Yale? How did Al Gore get admitted to Harvard despite only having graduated 25th out of a high school class of 51? In both cases, they were the scions of powerful political families.} Nevertheless, at the end of the day, potential shenanigans of the admissions process will inevitably raise questions of whether the process was truly deserving of being admitted. Think about the person who wasn’t admitted who may have actually been more qualified, but didn’t have any influence pull.</p>