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by chillacy 1645 days ago
Afaik they do this because they wanted to avoid admitting so many Jewish students in the 1900s.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/09/14...

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/03/histor...

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Sorry I cannot tell what “this” is since that article neither mentions downplaying grades or interviewing students.

I believe the specific things I am talking about were discussed in relation to introversion and The Ivy’s specifically wanting to lean toward extroverts who were well-rounded and had good social skills.