Recently DEI at prestige universities like HYPSM is doing the rounds. I have a lot of unique experience on this topic, so I’m going to share it. I’m approximately the Platonic image of the victim of HYPSM DEI. I applied in 2019 with a 1590 SAT, top of my class at a large, majority white high school that was predominantly middle and upper middle class (so the median student was probably 105 to 110 IQ, maybe even higher). I had won some state tournaments in debate events, and I also played a varsity sport. Nonetheless, I was mass-rejected everywhere except for Stanford’s early action round. My parents made more than $200,000 per year, so I received no financial aid. They wanted $70,000 p
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