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Used here as evidence that elite institutions preserve inherited advantage inside an allegedly merit-based order.
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legacy admissions
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "yes isn't half of all elite universities like Legacy yes I I appreciate that yes I I wait yes and are you calling that..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "yes isn't half of all elite universities like Legacy yes I I appreciate that yes I I wait yes and are you calling that..."
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A student points to legacy admissions as evidence that elite universities already operate with aristocratic features inside so-called meritocracy.
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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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"yes isn't half of all elite universities like Legacy yes I I appreciate that yes I I wait yes and are you calling that..."
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"...thought experiment, okay? Let's just say that you are a Harvard admissions officer and you're presented with four students, okay? You're Harvard, the best..."
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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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Dante's Hell is not just a ladder of sins in this lecture.
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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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