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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 11:53:09 GMT -5
The summary sites also detailed legacy and other issues etc. As I posted above, I do not think legacy helps a huge amount at Harvard because there are so many alumni. The summary I read (a month or so ago) stated that legacy (undergrad) was good for a small percentage, legacy (grad school) was minuscule. If I had the link I would post it but if people are interested you could google. It was a LONG summary... Legacies may not be the majority of alumni children, but they do form a sizable chunk as the cnbc article says. Just as I am sure illegal means like admission by bribery is not the majority of total cases. But each of those case may still have taken the spot of an otherwise honest and worthy applicant. No, you missed my point a bit. The press screams 30% of the class is legacy!! Favoritism!! My point was: If you look at statistics, it might be the OPPOSITE of favoritism. 30% is 500-600 (max) students per year (the class size is small). There are 350,000 alumni. Assume they are equally distributed. That is about 8,000 at each age group. Not all have kids but not all that have kids only have ONE. So, that would also mean there are likely 6,000-9,000 applicants per year that could be kids of alumni. Grandkids makes it more. 500 / 8,000 = 1 in 16 chance of getting in. 2,200 (admitted each year, but 1650-1800 accept) / 40,000 applicants = 1 in 18 chance of getting in. That really does not sound like favoritism when you assume the legacy kids are likely richer and went to better schools than the general population applying.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 10, 2019 11:55:04 GMT -5
I cannot imagine what I would do with a mansion this size. Play fetch with my dog in the long hallways? Lori Loughlin's mansion:
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 10, 2019 19:08:31 GMT -5
I cannot imagine what I would do with a mansion this size. Play fetch with my dog in the long hallways? Lori Loughlin's mansion: There's a mansion (no other word for it) like that very near my house. I once heard it was owned by a baker, but I don't know it that was true. google maps
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 10, 2019 19:27:40 GMT -5
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Post by azvb on Apr 10, 2019 21:33:13 GMT -5
Chip and Jo could do wonders to that house.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 10, 2019 21:50:16 GMT -5
Chip and Jo could do wonders to that house. Are you talking about these two? To tell you the truth, my wife and I had no idea who they were until we were on vacation a few months ago and we scanned our hotel TV. I think we landed on HGTV or something and saw these two. I can see the appeal. My wife just watched them all night. (The reason we hadn't heard of them is because we don't watch TV. We just watch youtube stuff and play DVDs.)
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Post by volleyguy on Apr 10, 2019 21:51:59 GMT -5
Chip and Jo could do wonders to that house. Are you talking about these two? To tell you the truth, my wife and I had no idea who they were until we were on vacation a few months ago and we scanned our hotel TV. I think we landed on HGTV or something and saw these two. I can see the appeal. My wife just watched them all night. (The reason we hadn't heard of them is because we don't watch TV. We just watch youtube stuff and play DVDs.) That show is horrid.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 10, 2019 21:56:03 GMT -5
While watching Chip and Jo, I wondered out loud, "What ethnicity is Joanna? I think they're in Texas so maybe she's Mexican or something?"
Wife says, without hesitation, "Don't be dumb. She's Native-American."
Me. "Maybe she's half Chinese, half White. I really can't tell."
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Post by volleyguy on Apr 10, 2019 22:00:05 GMT -5
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Post by pepperbrooks on Apr 10, 2019 22:01:24 GMT -5
Are you talking about these two? To tell you the truth, my wife and I had no idea who they were until we were on vacation a few months ago and we scanned our hotel TV. I think we landed on HGTV or something and saw these two. I can see the appeal. My wife just watched them all night. (The reason we hadn't heard of them is because we don't watch TV. We just watch youtube stuff and play DVDs.) That show is horrid. What’s so horrid about it? Folksy people, seem really nice, love what they do.
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Post by volleyguy on Apr 10, 2019 22:05:33 GMT -5
What’s so horrid about it? Folksy people, seem really nice, love what they do. They obviously play for the camera, especially the guy.
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Post by pepperbrooks on Apr 10, 2019 22:10:13 GMT -5
What’s so horrid about it? Folksy people, seem really nice, love what they do. They obviously play for the camera, especially the guy. Well yeah: it’s a TV show.
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Post by azvb on Apr 10, 2019 22:47:12 GMT -5
Are you talking about these two? To tell you the truth, my wife and I had no idea who they were until we were on vacation a few months ago and we scanned our hotel TV. I think we landed on HGTV or something and saw these two. I can see the appeal. My wife just watched them all night. (The reason we hadn't heard of them is because we don't watch TV. We just watch youtube stuff and play DVDs.) That show is horrid. You are dead to me.
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Post by azvb on Apr 10, 2019 22:48:00 GMT -5
Chip and Jo could do wonders to that house. Are you talking about these two? To tell you the truth, my wife and I had no idea who they were until we were on vacation a few months ago and we scanned our hotel TV. I think we landed on HGTV or something and saw these two. I can see the appeal. My wife just watched them all night. (The reason we hadn't heard of them is because we don't watch TV. We just watch youtube stuff and play DVDs.) Yep
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Post by volleyguy on Apr 10, 2019 22:53:11 GMT -5
Shiplap is just a non-starter for me. Sorry.
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