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Originally Posted by shinerbock
I'm sure there are some people on the short side of the affirmative action stick that have similar complaints.
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Amen.
At the end of the day, a private school can accept whomever they please. So who cares? I hope we've all realized at this point that you don't learn much from your 4 years at undergrad, and that a college degree does not equal intelligence. Connections and general intelligence are the things that get you through life successfully. So who cares how he came by his Harvard MBA.
And... I can hardly believe that if you were an under-represented minority that you wouldn't be using it for all its worth to get ahead in academics! How is having a political connection any different?
And any of us critcizing the Good Ol Boy network makes me LOL-- Greeks, no matter if you are NPC, NIC, NPHC, etc., are the quintessential hope and dream of realizing the Good Ol Boy network. Aren't we constantly lauding the benefits of alumni networking to get ahead in life?
If the advantage is there, take it. If you don't someone else will and you'll be left in the cold asserting your moral sense of right to an empty room.