Brock Turner wasn't elite in any sense besides his acceptance into Stanford, which had been revoked. His father was an electrical engineer and his mom was a nurse.
Charlie Munger applied to Harvard Law School and was rejected because he didn't have an undergraduate degree. But then his dad's friend called the dean of admissions, and suddenly they changed their mind.[1]
The rules don't apply to the wealthy. It's their world, you're just living in it.
Point is, his dad probably didn't write to the university president (which would be ironic at this point) asking him to admit his deadbeat son as a favor. The student earned his admission the same way anyone does: essays, grades, luck. I'm sure he was helped by the gift from his parents of good writing skills and some doggedness. "Legacy elite" tends to imply there's someone more deserving of his spot.
He got into every other elite school. I can't say for certain given the passage of time but he wasn't the type of person to bullshit people no matter how big the issue. He didn't have pride like that.
>he wouldn't continue developing the very valuable network or pedigree during his remaining years at Harvard, and he'd be stuck with knowledge that wasn't as valuable then as it is now.
Except this is not a black and white matter, nothing is stopping him from going back to college except time and money of which he already had enough. I'm pretty sure his parents had a contingency plan in case his company failed.
Title is linkbait. While true, I doubt it's the main reason he didn't get accepted. His entire story is a laundry list of the kind of people you -don't- want around. He consistently proves that he has no respect for anyone or anything.
I'm actually surprised that he eventually got in after getting his HS Diploma.
First time I read about this (Not from the US). I wonder what‘s with his Highschool/College degree? I mean by his own words he said that he cheated big time.
Also, the judge who made the ruling was fired.
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