Amherst getting rid of legacy preference

[Anonymous]

Surprised no one started a thread on this yet. Do you think other elite schools will do this, too? Article names the few that already have (MIT, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins).

Personally, as a POC who went to a different elite college, I think it's BS that they're getting rid of this preference juuuuust at the point when minorities will start to benefit from it in large numbers. It was fine when it overwhelmingly benefited white people, but we can't have Asian/ AA/ Latinx people start getting the same privileges, can we? How shall we ever sustain white supremacy then??


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one started a thread on this yet. Do you think other elite schools will do this, too? Article names the few that already have (MIT, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins).

Personally, as a POC who went to a different elite college, I think it's BS that they're getting rid of this preference juuuuust at the point when minorities will start to benefit from it in large numbers. It was fine when it overwhelmingly benefited white people, but we can't have Asian/ AA/ Latinx people start getting the same privileges, can we? How shall we ever sustain white supremacy then??


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

I kind of wonder about this exact thing. (There was a thread but it was deleted because it was just a post with a link).

[Anonymous]

There was a thread here recently - maybe it was deleted for misbehavior?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one started a thread on this yet. Do you think other elite schools will do this, too? Article names the few that already have (MIT, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins).

Personally, as a POC who went to a different elite college, I think it's BS that they're getting rid of this preference juuuuust at the point when minorities will start to benefit from it in large numbers. It was fine when it overwhelmingly benefited white people, but we can't have Asian/ AA/ Latinx people start getting the same privileges, can we? How shall we ever sustain white supremacy then??


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

If these schools use race/ethnicity as a factor in building their community, it won't matter that they don't know you are a legacy. Right? (signed - someone who supports no legacy and supports diversity in admissions decisions)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one started a thread on this yet. Do you think other elite schools will do this, too? Article names the few that already have (MIT, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins).

Personally, as a POC who went to a different elite college, I think it's BS that they're getting rid of this preference juuuuust at the point when minorities will start to benefit from it in large numbers. It was fine when it overwhelmingly benefited white people, but we can't have Asian/ AA/ Latinx people start getting the same privileges, can we? How shall we ever sustain white supremacy then??


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

If these schools use race/ethnicity as a factor in building their community, it won't matter that they don't know you are a legacy. Right? (signed - someone who supports no legacy and supports diversity in admissions decisions)

+1 especially if the diversity goal includes socioeconomic factors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one started a thread on this yet. Do you think other elite schools will do this, too? Article names the few that already have (MIT, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins).

Personally, as a POC who went to a different elite college, I think it's BS that they're getting rid of this preference juuuuust at the point when minorities will start to benefit from it in large numbers. It was fine when it overwhelmingly benefited white people, but we can't have Asian/ AA/ Latinx people start getting the same privileges, can we? How shall we ever sustain white supremacy then??


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

If these schools use race/ethnicity as a factor in building their community, it won't matter that they don't know you are a legacy. Right? (signed - someone who supports no legacy and supports diversity in admissions decisions)

+1 especially if the diversity goal includes socioeconomic factors.

Well, that's a convenient way to solve the "Too Many Asians" problem, which is what I suspect this is really about.

[Anonymous]

B+ is right.

[Anonymous]

No connection to Amherst, but its racial diversity is fantastic. Maybe pick a different target for this particular diatribe?

[Anonymous]

No connection to Amherst, but its racial diversity is fantastic.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one started a thread on this yet. Do you think other elite schools will do this, too? Article names the few that already have (MIT, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins).

Personally, as a POC who went to a different elite college, I think it's BS that they're getting rid of this preference juuuuust at the point when minorities will start to benefit from it in large numbers. It was fine when it overwhelmingly benefited white people, but we can't have Asian/ AA/ Latinx people start getting the same privileges, can we? How shall we ever sustain white supremacy then??


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

100 percent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one started a thread on this yet. Do you think other elite schools will do this, too? Article names the few that already have (MIT, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins).

Personally, as a POC who went to a different elite college, I think it's BS that they're getting rid of this preference juuuuust at the point when minorities will start to benefit from it in large numbers. It was fine when it overwhelmingly benefited white people, but we can't have Asian/ AA/ Latinx people start getting the same privileges, can we? How shall we ever sustain white supremacy then??


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

If these schools use race/ethnicity as a factor in building their community, it won't matter that they don't know you are a legacy. Right? (signed - someone who supports no legacy and supports diversity in admissions decisions)

+1 especially if the diversity goal includes socioeconomic factors.

Well, that's a convenient way to solve the "Too Many Asians" problem, which is what I suspect this is really about.

I don't think this will have much impact on the total number of Asian students. It just means my Asian kid won't have an advantage over a non-legacy Asian kid. Sniff.

[Anonymous]

You know OP, I was with you up until you invoked the "white supremacy" nonsense. Seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally, as a POC who went to a different elite college, I think it's BS that they're getting rid of this preference juuuuust at the point when minorities will start to benefit from it in large numbers. It was fine when it overwhelmingly benefited white people, but we can't have Asian/ AA/ Latinx people start getting the same privileges, can we? How shall we ever sustain white supremacy then??

Surely numbers-wise, minorities will still benefit more from ending legacy preference than from keeping it?

[Anonymous]

Amherst is a pretentious pit. Avoid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know OP, I was with you up until you invoked the "white supremacy" nonsense. Seriously?

Yes, seriously. ALL of the elite colleges in this country were designed to preserve the privilege of wealthy white men. And they are still beholden to their big donors, who are mostly wealthy white people.