I think generally when something has both positives and negatives, people will always tend more towards amplifying the negative.

More likely not. People from that background are very often well educated and within their own social hierarchy well disciplined. I went to a pretty subpar public high school that always had one or two kids admitted to ivy league schools because they were presented as "Look what a shitty school this kid went to and see how smart they are despite of all that." It rarely went well. A few friends that recieved full ride scholarships to respectable universities both flunked out by the second semester. It's because the standards in high school were basically just show up and don't get in trouble.

That’s a problem at many colleges, and not just with minority students. I’ve worked at two top tier colleges (one Ivy), and professors often complained about the quality of our students. Some students had to take remedial math and writing classes. We always wondered how they got admitted. Likely legacies.

I’d say this has a lot more to do with charter school legislation enabling grifters to syphon public money with little oversight.

Public money syphoned into scams concocted by charismatic / well-connected grifters exploiting a loophole or oversight.

Should sound very familiar to anyone living in the rural south, honestly.

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Almost like there is some demand for regulations? Coming from northern Europe this shit makes me just pray we won't go in that direction (of unregulated school system). And yet I think we are heading there..

I’m wondering how much money in vouchers went to the owner…

If you’re at Harvard Premed because you got straight A’s in your remedial courses from an inner city high school and scored in the 85th percentile on the SAT, you’re going to have a very hard time keeping up with the coursework.

Actually some top schools like Harvard aren’t known for grade deflation; the hardest part is getting in

And for kids who genuinely do want to go to college and have a shot, they get screwed over too. They’re getting a low quality of education that leaves them unprepared for college and thus more likely to drop out. And since many come from households without a lot of education, they don’t realize that they’re not being prepared until it’s (likely) too late.

I feel so bad for those kids. They want to do well, and their parents want them to do well. But most of them aren’t in educated households and aren’t going to realize that they aren’t getting a real education until it’s too late. Really taking advantage of desperate people.

I remember I saw a report on this.

If I recall correctly, a sizable portion of the kids who got accepted in top universities end up dropping out anyways because they didn’t learn the material in high school.

And yet the Ivy's fell for it all the same...

Who could have possible predicted that the incentives created by affirmative action would result in this kind of abuse. surprised pikachu face

Doesn't sound like it. It is straight up fraud.

Of course not, they just gotta whine a little louder and the slate will be wiped clean for ESG points.

Basically lol

Ah yes you see obsessing about hitting “the numbers” has worked so incredibly well for everyone! And after no thought or deliberation we put this gloriously successful tactic into our schools!

This is how almost everything in louisiana works lol

Man... I thought we were not supposed to redefine racism to win internet points.

As a sociology major this made me laugh so hard. Because it’s true lol

Yes... complain about the bandaid.

Thanks for writing all that! Sounds like fraud, straight up.

Dont worry, they wont be held responsible for their student loans.