What is the point of going to high ranked unis? - Page 2

Originally posted by: grumpydwarf

First of all, not all star kids can get accepted into big Universities. Kareena got accepted into a class at Harvard. I don't think it was an undergrad program. I do think Sara must have done something to earn her admission. I don't it was the star kid factor alone.

I see your point of the education system being rigged towards the rich. But that is an issue we need to fix with the education system as a whole. Even here in the US if someone pays $50,000 to go to high school at Philips Academy, they will have far better chances of getting into an A-list college than someone who went to the inner city high school I use to tutor at. It was a school dedicated to breaking the school to prison pipeline because in the U.S if you a child of color that comes from a marginalized background your far more likely to end up in prison, according to statistics ( don't mean to generalize) than an Ivy League. We need to fix these issues and make getting into good schools more based on merit than another form of nepotism I suppose.

But that being said education is a right for all. If someone wants to study they should be able to regardless if they need it for their fields.

Originally posted by: BettyA1

Kareena did a summer course in Harvard I think

Ivy Leagues seem to have unofficial affirmative action...

Don't they give priority to minority students ( as long as they are not Asians)

Two black students made news for being accepted by all Ivy League but their SAT scores were not that great... Low expectations...