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by jayess 1057 days ago
It's no secret that racial preferences were a cover for legacy admissions.
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Pet_Ant 1057 days ago
I legitimately don't buy that. Legacy seems like really a mechanism for nepotism and reinforcing elite networks. While due to their origin they probably have racial skews, but I really don't buy that is their driving force. After all, legacy are such a small percentage overall they can't sway the overall campus demographics much.

Not saying they should or shouldn't be dismantled, just bothers me to see likely misattributed motivations.

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monocasa 1057 days ago
At Harvard, legacy admissions was about a third total of all admissions each year.
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Pet_Ant 1057 days ago
Okay, that’s interesting. I didn’t look for Harvard, but the numbers I found before posting was 14% in general.
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