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Stanford bringing back legacy preference and test required
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Anonymous
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The past 5ish year have been … something. Stanford is going back to legacy preference and test required. Sorry folks!
https://stanforddaily.com/2025/08/06/stanford-to-continue-legacy-admissions-reinstate-standardized-test-requirements/ |
Anonymous
| The testing thing isn’t news. It was announced in 2024. |
Anonymous
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Legacy means they want/need donors.
Like everyone else. |
Anonymous
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The legacy isn't new either- basically they are just turning down State grant funding so they don't have to comply with the California legacy prohibition
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Anonymous
Wait until the lawsuit. If diversity can’t be considered neither can legacy preference. That’s not merit. |
Anonymous
It's a private school. If they turn down public funds I don't think they need to care what you think. |
Anonymous
That’s just not true. There are laws against racial discrimination. There are no laws protecting “merit” or whatever the heck that is. I assume you mean merit as in smarts. What if the schools want to admit kind or virtuous kids over smart kids? That’s definitely not illegal as there are no legal requirements that schools only admit the smartest kids. |
Anonymous
| Legacy tend to be just as qualified on testing and GPA. I’m using old data, but it makes sense. As a person who attended a top college, I now understand how being a legacy helps kids perform better. For example, my kids are studying for the SAT, while my husband and I just took the test. We encourage our kids to develop relationships with teachers and seek extra help when necessary. Non-legacies may not understand the smarts are necessary but not sufficient to outperform their peers. |
Anonymous
I am fine if a college wants to consider legacy but this post sounds silly. Believe it or not, even parents that did not go to standford understand the need for SAT prep. |
Anonymous
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Nice. I'm legacy. Three generations. And my present legacy... is a trifle questionable.
Finger guns! |
Anonymous
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That really was silly. |
Anonymous
Yeah, but my husband was 1st gen and my family didn't go to fancy schools. My college counselor encouraged me to apply to HBCUs even thought I ended up being a NMSF in the 1990s. My parents encouraged me to apply to my state school even though I had top grades. They didn't know what it took to get admitted to HYPMS. If my parents had gone through the admissions process, I can definitively say I would have had a leg up. The internet has democraticized prep and admissions, so maybe the lack of having parents who tell a student that it is necessary to "prep" sounds silly to you, but that was my and my husband's reality. Sorry I didn't grow up privileged like you! |
Anonymous
| Affirmative action has been around for a while so there are now a lot of minority legacies - kids applying now had parents who graduated in the 90s when schools had a lot more minorities. |
Anonymous
| Good for them. |
Anonymous
| Are they struggling for money or something? I don't see why these multibillion dollar institutions need legacy admissions. If you have the money to pull weight for legacy, your child doesn't need legacy for admission, they have every other advantage in the book |