<p>Yes, exactly, which is why I said, loyalty to “certain families.” Not loyalty to legacies.</p>
<p>And, yes, the Ivies and such have instituted financial measures to make themselves very financially attractive to the upper middle class at the expense of pell grant students, measures which are mainly applauded as positive… that said, very few students have a “spot” waiting for them which is being “given away” to somebody else, though all top students can find a spot to fit their needs at fine institutions all over the country, including excellent schools which will be happy to pay their way based on merit.</p>
I said it in a way that was not what I really meant to say. Was it a pain for me personally? no. For both kids in college, they are perfectly happy and well along their path of their expected future career. Is it a pain to see what seems to be going on, in terms of numbers and in terms of the results received by kids graduating in the local highschools that clearly indicate the race-dependent results? Yes! The admission practices, that at the end hurt the Asian Americans the most, however in a round about way, all still are there with these schools. The sarcasm by some and this stupefied LakeWashington is telling me its time to stop. So long. No need to read the bs posts by those who will at the end defend ‘their schools’ and are no different from the folks who are representing these schools. fi</p>
<p>I really would honestly like to know, and this is a genuine question, if you believe your students would be “better off” having gone to one of these schools and why? Also, why do you think in a country made up of many different cultures who value many different types of intelligence, that one version of intellectual measurement (GPA and test scores) would become THE measure for that country? </p>
<p>I know there are countries where this is the only measure that matters in terms of admissions, but isn’t that the reason people come here? For something different? Otherwise, why come to the US, at all?</p>