Ivy League’s meritocracy lie: How Harvard and Yale cook the books for the 1 percent

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Ivy League’s meritocracy lie: How Harvard and Yale cook the books for the 1 percent

"We are credentializing a new elite by legitimizing people with an inflated sense of their own merit"

A special lottery is to be held to select the student who will live in the only deluxe room in a dormitory. There are 100 seniors, 150 juniors, and 200 sophomores who applied. Each senior’s name is placed in the lottery 3 times; each junior’s name, 2 times; and each sophomore’s name, 1 time. What is the probability that a senior’s name will be chosen?

http://www.salon.com/2015/01/11/ivy_leagues_meritocracy_lie_how_harvard_...