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Charles Murray

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Husband, father, social scientist, writer, Madisonian. Or maybe right-wing ideologue, pseudoscientist, evil. Opinions differ.

Burkittsville, MD
aei.org/scholar/charle…
Joined February 2009

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    1. Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 20

      People are asking what happened with my daughter. She got in. She had many strengths. She wrote a brilliant essay on what it's like to grow up half-Asian in the U.S. (so much for Dad's advice). She was a legacy candidate, which counterbalanced the too-many-Asians problem.

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      Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 20

      But I will add another personal thought: I supported all four of my children in whatever school they wanted to attend. But if I had children applying today, I would urge them to go for the honors program in a good state university & stay away from the elite schools. As a Dad.

      4:20 AM - 20 Oct 2018 from Maryland, USA
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        1. Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 20

          I am convinced that education at almost all of the elite schools is seriously broken, and that my kids would genuinely get more of what they need from college at a good state school far from the Northeast or West Coast.

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        2. Anonamom‏ @Anonamom7B Oct 20
          Replying to @charlesmurray

          Thank you so much for this tweet, Dr. Murray. I have a high school junior, and we are having this exact discussion. I shall use your words to bolster my case!

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        3. Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 20
          Replying to @Anonamom7B

          Good luck. I'm so down on the elite schools that today I would actually refuse to pay my child's tuition for one--something I couldn't have imagined doing when my kids were 18.

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        4. Anonamom‏ @Anonamom7B Oct 20
          Replying to @charlesmurray

          Thank you, Dr. Murray. Luckily, she's a very good kid, and she is willing to listen. Once we start visiting, I rather suspect that my conservative teen from Mayberry, Flyover Country will have a more realistic view of what life on campus might actually look like.

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        1. Darwin's Money‏ @EverydayFinance Oct 20
          Replying to @charlesmurray

          I work with ivy leaguers who bust on me for my state school engineering degree and then I remind them my ROI was 5x better, as we’re all at the same point in our careers now. I think school matters way more for that first job and disappears when job performance kicks in as factor

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        1. Teach Me‏ @fakesarahjeong Oct 20
          Replying to @charlesmurray

          Harvard doesn’t provide an education. It provides access. If being white is like playing a video game on easy setting. A Harvard degree is like playing w/ unlimited lives and multiple cheat codes.

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        2. MJ‏ @Meldisny Oct 20
          Replying to @charlesmurray @jonathan_ukc

          I’m telling my kids to avoid college and find careers in the trades.

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        3. Philosophical Zombie Hunter‏ @jonathan_ukc Oct 20
          Replying to @Meldisny @charlesmurray

          Oh? Is this to avoid debt?

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        4. MJ‏ @Meldisny Oct 20
          Replying to @jonathan_ukc @charlesmurray

          Avoid debt and have an actually secure future, with interesting jobs rather than becoming a desk drone. Sitting at a desk all day sucks.

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        1. Yassine Motaouakkil‏ @ymota96 Oct 20
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        1. Benoit Cambron‏ @benoit_cambron Oct 20
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          Echoing "Real education".

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        1. robert holzbach‏ @holzbach Oct 20
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          University of Pittsburghs Honors College was the best!

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        1. Jack O'Brien‏ @OBee1975 Oct 20
          Replying to @charlesmurray

          Agreed. My two girls attended Auburn, one married, both uninfected, son to GA. Tech, then elite SMU, 2 degrees, infected.

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        1. Adam Tharp‏ @adamctharp Oct 20
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          http://Agree.My  daughter is in the honors program at Christopher Newport University. Much happier than friends at CNU sister school, William & Mary

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