Jerome Karabel
Autor de The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
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Its hardest to get in to these universities if you are a totally brilliant middle class white kid and being Jewish can be a minus point (over-represented according to some recruiters, this also is beginning to apply to Asians). Its easier if you are from a poor or really rich background or are a top notch athlete. Easier still if you are Native American or are of other under-represented ethnic minority. If you happen to be at least part Carib Indian, brought up in the islands, a pretty damn good athlete and have American nationality you will be considered an absolute prize to the Ivy Leagues seeking to show their diversity. So my friend's daughter has her pick of the big three if she chooses that route.
No system is free of bias and without doubt these schools select for rich white kids, especially the children or relatives of alumni, politicians and notables and the very wealthy. But at least they have sizeable minorities of kids from normal backgrounds these days. Maybe one day selection will be done by computers on grades and various other attributes like athleticism, talents and ambitions and have nothing whatsover to do with the parents background whether ethnic or economic. One can but hope.… (más)