I wonder if legacy admissions has come up in the Trump-Harvard negotiations even once. Or athletic preferences? Or the fact that almost a tenth of the freshman class comes from 21 high schools? This is about merit, right? - ThreadSky

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jamessmurphy.bsky.social • 4 days ago

I wonder if legacy admissions has come up in the Trump-Harvard negotiations even once. Or athletic preferences? Or the fact that almost a tenth of the freshman class comes from 21 high schools?

This is about merit, right?

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jasperino.bsky.social•4 days ago

"Viewpoint diversity" is the right's DEI. All viewpoints must be included regardless of merit.

ericweinberger.bsky.social•4 days ago

As I never tire of saying, Harvard has a nearly 80 year old admissions dean who has been in charge of admitting 18 years old since 1986. A fresh start in this domain begins with him, and it should have happened before SFFA (and certainly in its immediate aftermath).

jamessmurphy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Here's how legacy and athletic preferences play out at Harvard. This is about merit, right?

jamessmurphy.bsky.social•4 days ago

There are about 27,000 high schools in the U.S. Over the past 15 years, 1 in 11 students at Harvard have come from just 21 high schools, or 0.07% of US schools. This is about merit, right?

brooklynkid53bskys.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is really wrong, on two counts
1
most students at most unis come from local schools, and what you show is a list of local schools

2
many of them are ritzy beyond belief, but at least 3 are merit based public highschools in NYC and Boston

brooklynkid53bskys.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is not, as you should very well know, not quite right as at least some of those school are NYC merit based high schools

jamessmurphy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Here is how Harvard deals with legacy in a very different way.

jamessmurphy.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/21/harvard-slavery-decendants-of-the-enslaved

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