At all times, it has been about ensuring that academic merit and preparedness don't overwhelm the current fashions in the appearance, behavior and demography of the student body — the modern legacy of the "Yale Man."
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Yale's "whole person" admissions strategy in the first half of the twentieth strategy was, much like today's, about ensuring the student body looked "right" — only back then, the fear wasn't too many whites and Asians; it was too many Jews.https://twitter.com/howardfineman/status/1294417556116320257 …
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Right. And then they used athletics as a factor too! But then after WWII they went out and actively recruited Jews.
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Fun fact: quotas on the number of Jews Yale admitted lasted till the early 60s.
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I've always wondered at parties how a vegan Yale graduate decides which of those factoids they 'must' tell you first. It must be daunting for them. So many people to tell, so little time.
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Which is why LED face masks are probably a godsend to a lot of people. Just have your bonafides scrolling as you approach a person. Hmm. Note to self: look into selling ad space in face masks.
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A fear that certainly wasn't borne out.
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Depressing read
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