Intelligencer
The Cut
Vulture
The Strategist
Curbed
Grub Street
Magazine
Subscribe to the Magazine
Give a Gift Subscription
Buy Back Issues
Current Issue Contents
New York
Shop
Subscribe
Sign In
Account
Profile
Sign Out
Menu
Menu
Close
Close
Politics
Business
Technology
About Intelligencer
Newsletters
Like Us
Follow Us
NYMag.com
New York Magazine
Intelligencer
Vulture
The Cut
The Strategist
Grub Street
Curbed
Search
Search
Close
Subscribe
Give A
Gift
Menu
Menu
Close
Close
Politics
Business
Technology
About Intelligencer
Newsletters
Like Us
Follow Us
NYMag.com
New York Magazine
Intelligencer
Vulture
The Cut
The Strategist
Grub Street
Curbed
Search
Search
Close
Displaying all articles tagged:
College Admission
meritocracy
Sept. 30, 2019
Harvard’s Affirmative Action for Rich Whites Exposes Myth of Meritocracy
Harvard’s competitive admissions process exists to maintain the prestige of the credentials it sells to the mediocre children of aristocrats.
By
Eric Levitz
feature
Sept. 28, 2019
The Wall Street Billionaire and the Ultimate College Hedge
David E. Shaw’s broad, risk-averse strategy, applied to university admissions.
By
Ava Kofman
and
Daniel Golden