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A lot of attacks on higher education admissions,

particularly at these highly selective institutions,

gain traction, and that's because they're such black boxes.

You think about what these institutions sort of

be still on students in terms of the prestige that they have on the back end,

and the fact that on the front end you have this sort of black box in terms of how

people get into them.

There's seats that people want to get to because they know the potential benefits,

all but one of the Supreme Court justices,

attended either Harvard or Yale's law school.

I can never get over that.

I mean, honestly, just find that just unbelievable.

It's so specific.

The Supreme Court is about to issue a set of rulings on affirmative action

and higher education, which is a big deal.

Because if it goes the way we expect,

it could change how universities decide who to admit,

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