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It is incredible to see that prestigious academic institutions have to bend over instead of promote true meritrocacy. Not only this further the notion that the well offs are getting an edge in everything but also, adding insult to injury, no matter how hard you work, there is no way you can win this game by meritocratic means.

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I think your last statement only holds true if the _only_ people coming out of Harvard that have any chance in society are those with straight A's. I'd argue that anyone at the school is already "winning this game."

No, you were never going to beat the elite at their own game if you came from relatively humble origins.

But the unwritten agreement was that if you probe yourself useful enough, you would be accepted as a kind of junior member of the club. Then your children would be Ok to marry their children, and your grandchildren would be undistinguishible from the rest of the elite's offspring.

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