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When merit and privilege collide in competitive systems

My best friend since college got into med school through her dad's connections while I'm drowning in rejection letters despite higher test scores.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pain of unfairness is sharpest when it comes from those closest to us who benefit from systems we cannot access.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Fairness — what every civilization concluded?”

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