Yale for Sale

[Justin Schwartz]

There are at least two kinds of people at the Ivies. One--not a mjority, but 
a substantial minority--is "legacy" admits like W, who are often, not alwys, 
more or less good natured dolts. At my alma, Tigertown, a legacy (child of 
an alum) has a 40% chance of admission, as opposed to about 10% for a normal 
applicant. This does not apply only to the rich, but I imagine it cannot 
hurt your chances if Dad has a fortune to donate for a new Engineering 
Building. The other kind of person are the normal admits, some small 
percentage of which are reallly brilliant. Three of my friends from 
college--no, four--have won McArthur grants, in all but one case, for really 
amazing achievement. Most of us, rich and middle class alike, are just small 
beer, of course, neither extraordinarily brilliant not especially 
accomplished. --jks


>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Yale for Sale
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:17:58 -0400
>
>Yet another proof that the only qualifications to receive an Ivy league
>degree is a lots of mullah and "aristocratic" pedigree.
>
>
>
>NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) returns to
>Yale University on Monday for the first time since he graduated in 1968 to
>accept an honorary degree from the elite Eastern school he kept at arm's
>length as a rising Texas politician.
>
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010521/ts/bush_yale_dc_2.html
>
>wojtek
>
>

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