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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by rayiner on Monday March 28, 2022 @09:58PM (#30837865)
Sorry, to clarify for people who haven’t watched the show. The show is about a Gilded Age new money family in New York City trying to break into the social scene composed of affluent families who traced their ancestry in America back to the 1600s. It’s these sorts of families (who were “old money” back in the Gilded Age) who were intimately involved with the inception of Harvard and Yale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_Yale
Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by simulate-me on Monday March 28, 2022 @10:32PM (#30838088)
So basically this is just a completely fictional account for entertainment with maybe some historical context thrown in for dramatic flavor? What is one supposed to take away from that?
Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by rayiner on Monday March 28, 2022 @11:40PM (#30838496)
The WASP elite are a completely historical group of people deeply involved with our Ivy League universities. The show is just a pop culture illustration of the point. (Though maybe not as popular as I thought.)