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1. The cure for favoring affluent applications is need-blind admissions. And if elite universities decline, the solution is

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 07:14 AM

Dec 19

to tax their endowments at 90%. Additionally, claw back retired professors' pensions and let them survive on Social Security.

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Some elite US universities favor wealthy students in admissions decisions: Lawsuit [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 19 OP

Shocking! JoseBalow Dec 19 #2

Submitted application material will contain all the clues needed. quaint Dec 19 #3

Pension? What's a pension? mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 #7

Wait...rich donors can pull strings for their relatives...shocking JT45242 Dec 19 #4

The elites taking care of the elites? Who knew? C0RI0LANUS Dec 19 #6