[ladyjane]

were it not for Harvard's affirmative action policy every Freshman class would be made up entirely of Asians and Jews.

Was she Asian or Jewish? LOL

Seriously, about 30% of the class might be legacy admissions and big donor family admissions.

[jjotto]

Legacies and big donors always had affirmative action. Where else did the idea come from?

[Gay State Conservative]

Was she Asian or Jewish? LOL

The woman I was dating wasn't...don't know about her classmate.

Seriously, about 30% of the class might be legacy admissions and big donor family admissions.

Yup,I know that that's quite common at the more prestigious schools.But IMO all such admissions represent a form of "affirmative action".I can't say whether her classmate had the same attitude when revealing Harvard's "inner workings".