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KingfisherDays t1_iwmdynd wrote

Reply to comment by thatoneguy889 in WSJ News Exclusive | Yale Law School Abandons U.S. News Rankings, Citing Flawed Methodology by fransisco_flores

Ever heard of the z list? That's what happens when you're the kid of a rich donor who can't get into Harvard normally. They admit you and make you defer a year in between. So if you seen the child of a rich or influential person going to Harvard after a gap year, it's possibly because of that cough Malia Obama cough

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Redpandaling t1_iwmrkpd wrote

Eh, rich people are also better situated to take a gap year in general. Gap years are like entrepreneurship - a thing you can do when you're rich because you're not worried about having enough money for your basic living needs.

For your specific example, I'm not aware of any evidence suggesting Malia wasn't a good student / made bad decisions. Obviously giant leg up from being a first daughter. Given that she would have been going to college in 2016, taking a gap year seems like a smart idea for her just to let the furor die down a bit.

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Recent_Record t1_iwuc77b wrote

It probably helped that both Barack and Michelle went to Harvard too.

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