Introduction : Mark and Hilary answer a question about submitting the science portion of the SAT – New Interview-Evan Mandery-How America’s Elite Colleges Breed High-Status Careers—and Misery

Preview of Part 2 of 3 :

• Evan distinguishes his scathing criticisms of elite schools, and how he differentiates between the colleges that are steering kids to 3 professions vs the students who end up in these professions
• Evan talks about how Ed Blum is now going after legacy preferences, and he briefly talks about class-based legacy preferences
• Evan and I go off topic and talk about anti-Semitism on college campuses
• We talk about whether donor preferences are valid because they lead to increased generosity, which enables a college to support more under-resourced students
• Evan gives advice to parents who are listening to help them to help their student from falling into the trap that they need to either go into a wall street job, a tech job or management consulting
• Evan, talks about the value of starting your career with service
• Evan and Mark have a debate about how much it matters where you go to college

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