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It's not just selfish. If the school admitted fewer anthropology grad students, the marginal rejected candidate would say "Just let me in, I don't need to be guaranteed a postdoctoral position, and I'll work for a pittance -- I just really want to do my PhD." How is not admitting them kinder when they're beating down the doors to be let in and "exploited"?



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