Notre Dame reaffirms University’s commitment to legacy admissions after Supreme Court ruling

[Anonymous]

https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/08/kidder-reaffirms-universitys-commitment-to-legacy-admissions-after-supreme-court-ruling/

As a legacy family with one child who just graduated from ND and one in HS who really wants to attend, we are relieved.

As legacy admissions programs at elite universities face heightened scrutiny in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions, Notre Dame reaffirmed the practice will continue to play a role in admissions.

Micki Kidder, vice president for undergraduate enrollment, explained in an interview with The Observer that legacy admissions are still important to Notre Dame going forward.

“Notre Dame alumni are deeply devoted to this place,” Kidder said. “I would argue it’s actually legendary within higher education, possibly unmatched within higher education … This dedication is something we greatly value and we don’t want to ignore it.”

[Anonymous]

Well, ND certainly know where their money comes from!

[Anonymous]

LOL that ND thinks of themselves as an elite university.

[Anonymous]

I don't get it. Surely someone who pays more, or shows devotion in other ways, is better. Why would they want to admit a legacy who doesn't donate, who taught their kids not donate?
Preferring legacy goes against that support for devotion, or is just cover to artificially split the Donor category into Donor and Legacy.

Or it's because some graduate got super rich, and they don't want other schools to share credit for their kids' inherited wealth.

I don't know. ND is a Catholic school, so I guess it's a Catholic thing. Maybe legacy preference is a legal way to maintain Catholic preference.

[Anonymous]

What this tells me is that ND doesn't even care about USNWR rankings. If they did, they would be trying to admit more people "of different backgrounds." Clearly they have no intention of adjusting to the whims of the USNWR methodology tweaks. This is what we love about ND...keep on doing what you do well and don't worry about perceptions.

[Anonymous]

Turning their backs on the portion of the Church growing the most and putting butts into pews: Hispanic/Latino American Catholics

[Anonymous]

This statement was it's own form of virtue signaling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/08/kidder-reaffirms-universitys-commitment-to-legacy-admissions-after-supreme-court-ruling/

As a legacy family with one child who just graduated from ND and one in HS who really wants to attend, we are relieved.

As legacy admissions programs at elite universities face heightened scrutiny in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions, Notre Dame reaffirmed the practice will continue to play a role in admissions.

Micki Kidder, vice president for undergraduate enrollment, explained in an interview with The Observer that legacy admissions are still important to Notre Dame going forward.

“Notre Dame alumni are deeply devoted to this place,” Kidder said. “I would argue it’s actually legendary within higher education, possibly unmatched within higher education … This dedication is something we greatly value and we don’t want to ignore it.”

I'm so happy for you that your privilege, having nothing to do with ability or merit, remains in tact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/08/kidder-reaffirms-universitys-commitment-to-legacy-admissions-after-supreme-court-ruling/

As a legacy family with one child who just graduated from ND and one in HS who really wants to attend, we are relieved.

As legacy admissions programs at elite universities face heightened scrutiny in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions, Notre Dame reaffirmed the practice will continue to play a role in admissions.

Micki Kidder, vice president for undergraduate enrollment, explained in an interview with The Observer that legacy admissions are still important to Notre Dame going forward.

“Notre Dame alumni are deeply devoted to this place,” Kidder said. “I would argue it’s actually legendary within higher education, possibly unmatched within higher education … This dedication is something we greatly value and we don’t want to ignore it.”

I'm so happy for you that your privilege, having nothing to do with ability or merit, remains in tact.

Legacy admits are under the same scrutiny with regard to test scores and academic achievement as well as showing a commitment to service. Plenty of legacy applicants are rejected every year. From the article, "However, Bishop noted the average alumni child at Notre Dame has 'exactly the same median GPA as the entire class.'”

[Anonymous]

That dedication runs all the way to the SCOTUS. Catholic institutions are untouchable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Turning their backs on the portion of the Church growing the most and putting butts into pews: Hispanic/Latino American Catholics

Unless nd opens a branch campus in Miami or El Paso, Latinos aren’t gonna go to south bend

[Anonymous]

How very catholic of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What this tells me is that ND doesn't even care about USNWR rankings. If they did, they would be trying to admit more people "of different backgrounds." Clearly they have no intention of adjusting to the whims of the USNWR methodology tweaks. This is what we love about ND...keep on doing what you do well and don't worry about perceptions.

They'll be out the T25 in 3 years!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What this tells me is that ND doesn't even care about USNWR rankings. If they did, they would be trying to admit more people "of different backgrounds." Clearly they have no intention of adjusting to the whims of the USNWR methodology tweaks. This is what we love about ND...keep on doing what you do well and don't worry about perceptions.

What you really love about ND is that it is 65% white and happy keeping it that way. Like we don’t know what “different backgrounds” means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL that ND thinks of themselves as an elite university.

These tropes are so, so tired.