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In Jiang’s admissions model, a multigenerational Harvard legacy or world-famous athlete beats the math genius because fame, presidency, and corporate power build the university brand.
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Brand
In Jiang’s admissions model, a multigenerational Harvard legacy or world-famous athlete beats the math genius because fame, presidency, and corporate power build the university brand.
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The admissions prize is not the professor or reliable professional but the crazy person who might change the world and make the university famous.
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"They have their own institutional reasons to let you in and they'll never tell you, all right? And the system was created to ensure..."
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"Basketball player in America, okay? Okay. The third is the best student. And the fourth is the best math genius in the world. And..."
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"We don't want professors, we don't want lawyers, we don't want doctors. We want people who will be head of a company. We want..."
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"So, option one is, low risk, really good plan, solid returns, $500,000 a year, okay? Option two is, concept, vague idea, I have absolutely..."
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"...university in the world, because they're looking to create as much brand name recognition for themselves as possible. Okay? All right. Does that make..."
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"...of a CEO. Welcome to my inner circle. This is a brand new private community that I'm launching to the world. We have so..."
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"...jacket differently most waterproof jackets the ones from those big outdoor brands the ones you've been wearing for years they're coated with something called..."
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"...Modi of India was about to have the inauguration of this brand new oil refinery. And the day before, it goes up in flames...."
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"...focus on research. So it's a struggle to become a global brand. Once you become that global brand, there's nothing else to do. There's..."
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"...look good. So you remember the name, okay? It's all about brand name recognition, okay? Does that make sense?"
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The lecture turns meritocracy from a school virtue into a trauma machine: Harvard invents selection as power preservation, Yale trains insecurity as ambition, and the winners become actors who can promise goodness while serving...
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