Maggie's Farm

The article tends to conflate elite universities (e.g. Harvard) with all colleges.


Admissions for Harvard have seen steadily increasing GPA averages. Harvard is inundated with high-achieving applicants, so GPA is no longer sufficient to stand out.


In fact, Harvard admissions have been relatively steady for years, while the number of applicants has increased.


In fact, connections have always mattered, especially alumni advantages, the result of which is embedded and systemic racism and classism.


Harvard ranks 4th in the world. MIT ranks 1st. Top universities are dominated by the US and Europe. That's why people and scientists from all around the world come to the US to study and conduct scientific research. Of course, that was before Trump's attack on elite institutions of higher learning and scientific research.

OneGuy: even if all refugees were authentic why should American citizens have to accommodate them and pay for them?

They don't have to. However, the United States ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, and enacted refugee law (including 8 U.S.C. § 1157), which means that Americans have decided and agreed to provide sanctuary for people who have fled their countries due to conflict, violence, or persecution.

PewMost Americans express support for taking in refugees, but opinions vary by party and other factors

James: In fact, for decades the polling has consistently shown that large majorities of Americans disagree with that.

Pew: “around seven-in-ten Americans (72%) say taking in civilian refugees from countries where people are trying to escape violence and war should be a very or somewhat important goal for immigration policy in the United States.”