Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification

The making of America’s elite

Simple data on the number of alumni from the Ivy-plus group who reach positions of unusual wealth or power make clear that graduates of these universities exercise an influence that is vastly disproportionate to their small numbers. Since 1967, two-thirds of justices on the Supreme Court have been Ivy-plus alumni. So are 12% of current Fortune 500 ceos, and a quarter of sitting senators.

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Afforded more respect then who? Most good schools are going to have similar curriculum... and some are going to be more difficult to get in than others... did he tell you how he was accepted to Yale?

That would be pointless. He said it was tougher to get into. I did not ask him to itemize it.
 
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