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Boomers got into top schools with 2.27 GPA

Galloway: I got through U.C.L.A., showing up with a 1984 Hon...
bat shit crazy snowy factory reset button
  08/06/26
he makes an interesting point that our top tier schools act ...
marvelous bawdyhouse ratface
  08/06/26
HYPS acceptance rates are four or five percent now, it's bey...
bat shit crazy snowy factory reset button
  08/06/26
otoh, i wonder what the maximum tuition is that these school...
marvelous bawdyhouse ratface
  08/06/26
i've said for a long time that ideally the government would ...
the White jensen huang
  08/06/26
He’s the C student who employs A and B students, as th...
puce theatre
  08/06/26
Every zoomer has an extremely high GPA somehow even if they ...
Greedy Shrine Scourge Upon The Earth
  08/06/26


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Date: August 6th, 2026 10:08 PM
Author: bat shit crazy snowy factory reset button

Galloway: I got through U.C.L.A., showing up with a 1984 Honda Accord and $60, and $4,500 in student loans. My tuition was $1,200 a year.

And then I graduated. I rewarded the generosity of California taxpayers and the Regents of U.C. with a 2.27 GPA — which for your listeners, Ross, is not very good.

Douthat: It’s above a 2.0.

Galloway: It’s above a 2.0. Yeah.

Douthat: It’s better than a 2.0.

Galloway: It’s enough to graduate. They did give me the same diploma everyone else got. And this is the crazy part: Berkeley, arguably the finest public institution in America, let me in to graduate school.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/opinion/ross-douthat-scott-galloway-masculinity.html

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890261&forum_id=2#50050607)



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Date: August 6th, 2026 10:16 PM
Author: marvelous bawdyhouse ratface

he makes an interesting point that our top tier schools act like luxury products by restricting access when they have huge endowments and could easily open themselves up to more students and level the playing field some. they're perpetuating the competitive insanity.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890261&forum_id=2#50050632)



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Date: August 6th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: bat shit crazy snowy factory reset button

HYPS acceptance rates are four or five percent now, it's beyond insane.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890261&forum_id=2#50050637)



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Date: August 6th, 2026 10:50 PM
Author: marvelous bawdyhouse ratface

otoh, i wonder what the maximum tuition is that these schools could charge and still enroll a strong group of students at their current size. probably like a million a year. they're leaving a fortune on the table both ways.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890261&forum_id=2#50050711)



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Date: August 6th, 2026 10:23 PM
Author: the White jensen huang

i've said for a long time that ideally the government would just shut down all of these institutions. they do much much more harm than good to our society

obviously this will never happen but thinking about it as a thought experiment helps elucidate just how harmful and hostile these institutions are to america and americans

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890261&forum_id=2#50050648)



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Date: August 6th, 2026 10:53 PM
Author: puce theatre

He’s the C student who employs A and B students, as the trope goes.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890261&forum_id=2#50050716)



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Date: August 6th, 2026 11:28 PM
Author: Greedy Shrine Scourge Upon The Earth

Every zoomer has an extremely high GPA somehow even if they don’t know what decade WWII was

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890261&forum_id=2#50050789)