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Given the rampant nepotism in Stanford admissions, the whole school needs to shut down.

When you say nepotism, do you mean legacy admissions, or something else?

I know a prominent alum who was able to get her kids into undergrad at Stanford, but not into their professional schools. Considering where they went after being rejected from Stanford, they were not remotely in the ballpark. It's good to know that there are limits to legacy admissions, even for rich/famous alums.

Sounds like she didn't pay someone enough.

I think he's hinting at the John Vandemoer, Lori Loughlin and Rick Singer debacle. Sad bit of history for the university as well.

I feel like with the skyrocketing costs of education in the US, fixing the problem is probably a better path than "burn it all down"

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