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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 11

      eigenrobot Retweeted Megan McArdle

      accepting this arguendo we should still do it because ffs this is Americahttps://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/1425445633087901697 …

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      Megan McArdleVerified account @asymmetricinfo
      The war against legacy admissions in elite schools seems somewhat quixotic to me, given that the main benefit meritocratic strivers garner from such schools is less their access to professors, than being socialized and networked into an elite represented by...the legacy students. https://twitter.com/samhaselby/status/1425443005754978305 …
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    2. Look up Knuffelberen‏ @poiThePoi Aug 11
      Replying to @eigenrobot

      Turn Harvard into an American Waterloo and most of the legacies would get in on merit anyways. I'm not saying the failsons of the 0.1% are necessarily great, but they're usually top 10%.

      3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    3. Ummon Karpe | 𑀅𑀫𑀦 𑀓𑀭𑀧𑁂‏ @The_Equationist Aug 11
      Replying to @poiThePoi @eigenrobot

      Top 10% isn't good enough to get into a highly selective university on merit alone.

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    4. Look up Knuffelberen‏ @poiThePoi Aug 11
      Replying to @The_Equationist @eigenrobot

      It's my rough guesstimate at top tier *Canadian* universities. Or for that matter, BYU for the Mormons. 40 Million Canadians -> ~500K 18-year-olds and 9K of that go to just Waterloo. /Meanwhile, domestic merit at Harvard is 800/4 Million.

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    5. Ummon Karpe | 𑀅𑀫𑀦 𑀓𑀭𑀧𑁂‏ @The_Equationist Aug 11
      Replying to @poiThePoi @eigenrobot

      I imagine Waterloo is more equivalent to like UC Berkeley than Harvard in selectivity?

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 11
      Replying to @The_Equationist @poiThePoi

      fwiw ive never even heard of waterloo. I thought he was saying it would be some kind of downfall

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        1. a large spooky duck  🦆‏ @thetinduck Aug 11
          Replying to @eigenrobot @The_Equationist @poiThePoi

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        2. Look up Knuffelberen‏ @poiThePoi Aug 11
          Replying to @eigenrobot @The_Equationist

          A whole bunch of our service teams at Google were fired to a man and off-shored to Waterloo and Warsaw. It has a very good reputation. /AFAICT, there *is* no Canadian Harvard

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        3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 11
          Replying to @poiThePoi @The_Equationist

          theres not even an american harvard

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