[tayistay]

> Why should any one group of applicants be excluded from seeking out that opportunity?

They shouldn't. If I seemed to imply that above, then I didn't articulate my point well.

Going to Harvard, etc. is not about getting the best education (public schools like the University of California system are great), it's about acquiring prestige. It's about the connections and networking to ascend to the highest levels of society. The flaw being that such networking is important, as opposed to more meaningful forms of achievement.