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Namas31 t1_iteim54 wrote

Reply to comment by ThrowMeAway_DaddyPls in [OC] Chances to attend a "Grande Ecole (Top university) in France. If you want to attend "ENA", the best university in France, you have 330x chances if your father graduated from there. by pacmanpill

Yeah, I guess that's the case in pretty much every country. You're way more likely to receive a good education from your parents if they're well-educated too.

At least we don't have institutionalized nepotism and corruption like they do in the US ( like Dean's list, "legacy" admissions, stuff like that). For instance it's well known that Jared Kushner, Trump's son in law, got into Harvard because his rich father donated a few million $ to them. And that's totally legal, which is insane. Colleges like X or HEC in France have tough entrance exams, and you can't buy your way in. Some people say entrance exams are biased but that's still the most fair way to choose people imo.

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anomalily t1_iteoz1r wrote

Dean’s list in US in my experience (attended multiple public and private Unis in US) is not nepotism, just a list of the students with the best grades? Unlike legacy

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ExpensiveHand4181 t1_iteypsq wrote

What do you believe is nepotistic or corrupt about the “Dean’s List”?

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