<p>This is true. And I don’t want to hear anything about how this is just a feminist stand. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in numbers and forget that we’re talking about real people here. People, who, like me, worked their asses off in high school and consequently saw less qualified males get accepted into schools they were rejected at. And then there’s the connections/financial leg up as well. And it just makes me seriously doubt what this country is really about. How many times in my life have I heard the word “meritocracy” applied to the United States? Many many times. And how many times have I believed that word was used correctly? Never. And even though I’m happy about the school I’m going to and happy I’m not going to the school I’m not going toI think the injustice of it all stings. And that’s why it’s been hard for me to get over it. And, I think, when talking about this kind of topic, it’s important to remember that we aren’t stats. It’s just like with genocides or wars, it’s easy to blow a death toll off as a number. Because we can’t really wrap our heads around a number. We can wrap our heads around individual’s personal stories. And my speech is thus ended.</p>