Dynasty or a Legacy?
Students are beginning to get rejected from their top choices time and time again because they don’t have ties to the school that they applied to. Parents as well as the students aren’t feeling like they have a fair trial to get their children into these great universities. “To many frustrated parents, one word describes the admissions process at America's elite universities: arbitrary.”( Legacies of Injustice) Parents from around the United States now feel the need to push and push their kids to the limit to get into college. Ivy leagues now are taking kids for reasons not valid as decision makers in an admissions process. Besides the immense amount of parents who think of the process to be out of proportion many disagree. “Students who go to school because of a legacy do better at the school.” said Shikha Dalmia in her article. When this is read and brought up the views of many people are swayed, kids growing up in these wealthy households are better suited to go to a college as good as they do because of their parents. Why though? The way a child is brought up with parents who treat them as an adult their whole lives get them ready for situations, which make them succeed in greater levels than others. Students who get into these amazing schools then bring these attributes to their children, creating more and more ivy league bound students from the day that they were born. Some people believe that legacies are bad for our schools and that this should be changed. From the evidence given, which side do you stick with?
No comments:
Post a Comment