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with a history of anti-black,

anti-gay, and anti-female oppression?

Well, actually, I reject that stereotype...

Speaking of rejection,

don't you reject 99.9% of your applicants?

Don't you just want to drum up applications

to keep your number-one position

on U.S. News & World Report?

Actually, I think

it's number two this year, right?

Yes, but...

Um, I'm sure it's an aberration.

Don't people just need a college degree

if you want to pursue

the societally approved definition of success?

Yeah. Wouldn't you be better off

sitting in your room reading books

instead of spending all that money?

I'm sorry, are you a senior?

No, I'm in sixth grade.

Yeah. Portia, this is my son. Nelson.

I'm adopted. I was born in Uganda.

- Love you, buddy.

- Okay, Dad.

I thought it would be educational for him

to sit in on this.

How's it going so far? You learning a lot?

Kind of. Half and half.

Well, there you go.

Okay. Right. Well, Nelson.

Sure, sitting in a room and reading books

would be very cost-effective, but...

Princeton is a corporation,

no different than an oil company.

We should be educating ourselves

to be citizens of the world

and not of some guarded, suburban enclave!

What we want

is to leave the planet better than we found it!

Okay. Well, good luck with that.

Uh, wait, wait.

I wanna hear about Princeton. Please.

Okay, fine.

But, first, I have a question for all of you.

Just how will you leave the planet better?

Will you eradicate disease?

You're gonna need a medical degree.

If you want to create new drug therapies,

that's a PhD.

Do you want to defend the innocent

and secure justice for all?

I regret to inform you

that you will have to go to law school.

There are plenty

of college graduates out there

ardently hoping

to leave the world better than they found it.

We are looking for those people!

Students with blazing minds and hearts

who will change the goddamn world!

All right, Portia. Well done.

I bet you guys feel like a bunch of a**holes.

Sorry, I probably should have warned you.

We tend to encourage

that kind of spirited debate here.

But you did well. You can hit a curveball.

You know,

I'd really like to introduce you to somebody.

This is Jeremiah Balakian.

He's a very special student.

My parents work in a minimart.

They're not very educated.

Do you think that matters or...

Of course not. It's your application.

Maybe I should apply then.

Princeton seems like a cool place.

It's very cool.

So you're saying I should apply?

I'm not really your typical student.

My brain sort of goes

on a little walkabout, you know?

Yes, yes. You should apply.

And if you would like to visit the campus,

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