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		malfist 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdra... Why does it matter if a college student, after three years of education, can do well on the entrance exam? Isn't that a given?

peterfirefly 6 months ago [–]

It should be. I don't think it is, especially not among the favoured parts of the student population (athletics, legacies, "disadvantaged", "minorities").

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