Of course, well off highly achieving Washington state kids are accepted at both the elite private schools and the UW. Getting into the UW reflects a rigorous and very competitive process, The process here is a MERIT based process. The question raised by Daniel Golden of the Guardian is whether the elite private schools cater to money rather than talent.
Starring in Golden‘s book is Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. According to Golden, Jared was a mediocre student at his elite, expensive prep school. With no promise as an athlete, young Mr. Kushner probably would not have gotten into the UW even if his Dad and Mom has gifted us with the same $2.5 million presented to Harvard.
Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon
Of course Harvard’s decision has paid off now that Trump’s 35 year old son-in-law is the consigliere of the White House.
It is less clear that Mr. Kushner would have been accepted at the UW. Golden’s book reports that Jared’s father, New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner , pledged $2.5m to Harvard University not long before his son Jared was admitted to Harvard. At the time one of every nine applicants was accepted and Harvard claimed that its standards were so high that the famed school had to accept SAT scores below perfect in order to preserve diversity.
A source at Jared’s high school alma mater, The Frisch school in Paramus, New Jersey, told Golden: “There was no way anybody in the administrative office of the school thought he would on the merits get into Harvard. His GPA [grade point average] did not warrant it, his SAT scores did not warrant it. We thought, for sure, there was no way this was going to happen. Then, lo and behold, Jared was accepted. It was a little bit disappointing because there were at the time other kids we thought should really get in on the merits, and they did not.’’
Golden also looked at the membership list of Harvard’s “Committee on University Resources.” The CUR rewards 400 of Harvard’s biggest givers with campus visits and opportunities to meet with Harvard famed faculty.
Charles and Seryl Kushner, Jared’s parents were both on the committee even though, unlike most of their fellow committee members, neither Kushner parent is a Harvard alum. Of the 400-plus well-to-do folks on Harvard’s list more than half had sent at least one child to the university even though many members were childless or too young to have college-age offspring.
Jared and his brother Joshua both enrolled at Harvard.
Over at FACEBOOK, UW President Ana Mari Cauce glows with pride that our university ranks among the top 20 in objective rankings of world research universities. Getting into the UW is a great opportunity.
Of course, well off highly achieving Washington state kids are accepted at both the elite private schools and the UW. Getting into the UW reflects a rigorous and very competitive process, The process here is a MERIT based process. The question raised by Daniel Golden of the Guardian is whether the elite private schools cater to money rather than talent.
Starring in Golden‘s book is Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. According to Golden, Jared was a mediocre student at his elite, expensive prep school. With no promise as an athlete, young Mr. Kushner probably would not have gotten into the UW even if his Dad and Mom has gifted us with the same $2.5 million presented to Harvard.
Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon
Of course Harvard’s decision has paid off now that Trump’s 35 year old son-in-law is the consigliere of the White House.
It is less clear that Mr. Kushner would have been accepted at the UW. Golden’s book reports that Jared’s father, New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner , pledged $2.5m to Harvard University not long before his son Jared was admitted to Harvard. At the time one of every nine applicants was accepted and Harvard claimed that its standards were so high that the famed school had to accept SAT scores below perfect in order to preserve diversity.
A source at Jared’s high school alma mater, The Frisch school in Paramus, New Jersey, told Golden: “There was no way anybody in the administrative office of the school thought he would on the merits get into Harvard. His GPA [grade point average] did not warrant it, his SAT scores did not warrant it. We thought, for sure, there was no way this was going to happen. Then, lo and behold, Jared was accepted. It was a little bit disappointing because there were at the time other kids we thought should really get in on the merits, and they did not.’’
Golden also looked at the membership list of Harvard’s “Committee on University Resources.” The CUR rewards 400 of Harvard’s biggest givers with campus visits and opportunities to meet with Harvard famed faculty.
Charles and Seryl Kushner, Jared’s parents were both on the committee even though, unlike most of their fellow committee members, neither Kushner parent is a Harvard alum. Of the 400-plus well-to-do folks on Harvard’s list more than half had sent at least one child to the university even though many members were childless or too young to have college-age offspring.
Jared and his brother Joshua both enrolled at Harvard.