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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by DarylZero on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:01PM (#29595771)
The education is probably nothing special but it's more about the social network.
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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by Jtype on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:18PM (#29599056)
If you cut down on legacies then you lose the advantage of the social network. Kind of a catch-22.
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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by nitrogen on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:56PM (#29600763)
Not entirely. If the selection process ensures that the brightest (and luckiest) minds are all together, they will still be able to benefit one another over time, even if they didn't gain access to capital or connections beyond their cohort.
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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by brian-armstrong on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:33PM (#29599176)
Amazing to think that one movie could change a college's appearance so profoundly!
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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by DarylZero on Saturday December 18, 2021 @04:07PM (#29608510)
What movie?
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