Please remember that Jared Kushner went to Harvard, and George W. Bush went to Yale.

[Yavin4]

And Ron DeSantis went to both.

Remember this as you think about SCOTUS' affirmative action decision.

[brewens]

1. Uncle Thomas is on the Supreme Court because and only because of affirmative action. n/t

[samnsara]

2. soooooo...anyone can get into these schools if you flash some green

i will stick with my state college

[inthewind21]

4. Legacy

All in the family!

[CTyankee]

3. Personally, I think Harvard and Yale should ask for them to return their degrees because they

dishonored those institutions.

Both Hillary and Bill Clinton are Yale Law Graduates.

[AkFemDem]

5. And Obama went to Columbia and Harvard

Michelle Obama- Princeton and Harvard
Clinton (Bill) Georgetown and Yale
Clinton (Hillary) Wellesley and Yale
Pete Buttigeg - Harvard
Antony Blinken- Harvard and Columbia
Jeff Zients- Duke
Karine Jean-Pierre- NYIT and Columbia
Chuck Schumer- Harvard
Hakeem Jeffries- NYU law

I’m not sure I get your point- of course some people who have attended elite universities end up in power positions (at a disproportionate level compared to the general populace)

[Yavin4]

10. My point is that these "elite" schools are not purely meritocratic

That's not to say that deserving people don't get in.

I assumed that my point was rather obvious.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Trumpo went to Penn

Wharton School of Business at Penn, also Ivy League. And he didn't get in until his father made a large donation.

[AkFemDem]

8. Not to mention the fact in 1966

Acceptance rates were close to 50% and he was a transfer student, not a first year applicant. It’s not like he was selected to perform at Carnegie Hall.

[Ocelot II]

7. Get rid of legacy admissions.

Of course, that might mean less money for buildings with the donor's name on them. But if the mediocre children of the wealthy had to meet the same standards as everybody else, there would be more room in all colleges for people likely to do something useful with their lives. And maybe it's time we stopped worshipping the Ivy League. There are first-rate schools all over the country that offer educations of the same quality, but Harvard and Yale have brand recognition. It's like having a Rolex watch when a Timex is just as accurate, but you can't impress anybody by flashing a Timex.

[marble falls]

9. Remember: the only way for GWB ti get into Yale was as a 'legacy' student. He did not earn it ...

https://www.huffpost.com › entry › how-george-w-bush-benefit_b_5814680
How George W. Bush Benefited From Affirmative Action
It is called "legacy" admissions. Former President George W. Bush was an affirmative-action beneficiary, at Yale University and then at Harvard Business School. But that didn't stop him from opposing affirmative action based, in part, on race.

He was truly a beneficiary of an affirmative action.


https://talk.collegeconfidential.com › t › how-did-george-bush-get-into-yale › 793069
How did George Bush Get into Yale - Yale University - College ...
It wasn't his SAT scores: 566 verbal and 640 math.. They may not have had an explicit point system at Yale in 1964, but Bush clearly got in because of affirmative action. Affirmative action for the son and grandson of alumni. Affirmative action for a member of a politically influential family.


https://yaledailynews.com › blog › 2021 › 11 › 04 › yale-college-council-calls-for-end-to-legacy-preference-in-admissions-while-quinlan-defends-practice
Yale College Council calls for end to legacy preference in admissions ...
Nov 4, 2021A resolution passed Oct. 17 by the Yale College Council Senate condemned the "use of legacy preference" in Yale's undergraduate admissions process, calling on the College to stop considering legacy status in its admissions deliberations.

[milestogo]

11. And W was as dumb as a box of rocks.

[Jilly_in_VA]

12. Yeah, and Rafaleito Cruz went to Princeton too

Having an Ivy league degree does not mean you are educated. It means you have a degree from one of those schools. Period.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. TFG Went To Penn

They're Ivy League.
If they let him in, they'll let anybody in who has enough money.

[dsc]

14. To be fair to DeSantis

he wasn't a rich legacy, his baseball talent was likely what helped get him in.