Re:Harvard University is fighting to keep its admissions pro...
by arethuza on Thursday July 05, 2018 @03:48AM
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I remember when my wife was applying to law schools in the UK and she happened to know someone (through a sporting club) who had previously handled admissions at one law school and he explained to her that they were looking for an "alpha quality" in applicants - my wife proceeded to ask what actually made up this quality and how they tested for it - to which the answer was basically "you know it when you see it". Eventually when she realised was "alpha quality" meant "went to a good public school and already have family in the profession"...
Mind you - at least these days law has changed and nobody really cares about how posh your relatives are, just how much money they have....
My ex's internship at Harvard was as simple as her dad knowing a prof that is friends with a harvard one. No prep, no interview, no nothing. It opened a lot of doors and that's great, but the interesting thing was that when things are so easy to attain, I had to do a lot of convincing to actually get her to attend it.
And when I contrast it to the amount of stones that were thrown in my way, I can't help but be a little bit jealous