Amherst getting rid of legacy preference

[Anonymous]

Amherst is the closest school to Ivies to go this route which is good. Athletics are still major funnel of rich white kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amherst is the closest school to Ivies to go this route which is good. Athletics are still major funnel of rich white kids.

White kids. Oh, the horror!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amherst is the closest school to Ivies to go this route which is good. Athletics are still major funnel of rich white kids.

Athletics is also a major funnel for black kids. So what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amherst is the closest school to Ivies to go this route which is good. Athletics are still major funnel of rich white kids.

Athletics is also a major funnel for black kids. So what?

At schools with selective admissions, like Amherst, athletics is dominated by wealthy white students. The point is that if you’re going to get rid of legacy admissions you should be taking a hard look at athletic preferences because they’re probably even more skewed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amherst is the closest school to Ivies to go this route which is good. Athletics are still major funnel of rich white kids.

Athletics is also a major funnel for black kids. So what?

At schools with selective admissions, like Amherst, athletics is dominated by wealthy white students. The point is that if you’re going to get rid of legacy admissions you should be taking a hard look at athletic preferences because they’re probably even more skewed

You’re making the flawed assumption that white athletes are unqualified for admission. For the privileged crew or squash athletes it’s jus a finger on the scale.
For the POC football or basketball player it’s a lifeline.

[Anonymous]

Amherst alum family here. Older son picked a different NESCAC and younger son is still a few years away from college. He's never really expressed much of a desire to go there but maybe he would have applied. Obviously he will not have the opportunity for the legacy bump and we are fine with that. We support the decision to eliminate legacy admissions and other classmates seem to agree (at least publicly).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amherst is the closest school to Ivies to go this route which is good. Athletics are still major funnel of rich white kids.

Athletics is also a major funnel for black kids. So what?

At schools with selective admissions, like Amherst, athletics is dominated by wealthy white students. The point is that if you’re going to get rid of legacy admissions you should be taking a hard look at athletic preferences because they’re probably even more skewed

You’re making the flawed assumption that white athletes are unqualified for admission. For the privileged crew or squash athletes it’s jus a finger on the scale.
For the POC football or basketball player it’s a lifeline.

This is the lie you tell yourself to justify your advantage. The Harvard admissions data makes clear that athletic recruits are far below the normal academic qualifications of non athletes. If you think people in your school or your kids’ schools weren’t thinking you or they got into schools they didn’t “deserve” then I’d like some of the drugs you’re taking to warp reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amherst alum family here. Older son picked a different NESCAC and younger son is still a few years away from college. He's never really expressed much of a desire to go there but maybe he would have applied. Obviously he will not have the opportunity for the legacy bump and we are fine with that. We support the decision to eliminate legacy admissions and other classmates seem to agree (at least publicly).

Translation: since it has no effect on me personally, I’m ok with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amherst alum family here. Older son picked a different NESCAC and younger son is still a few years away from college. He's never really expressed much of a desire to go there but maybe he would have applied. Obviously he will not have the opportunity for the legacy bump and we are fine with that. We support the decision to eliminate legacy admissions and other classmates seem to agree (at least publicly).

Translation: since it has no effect on me personally, I’m ok with it.

Not sure how you came up with that translation. I said my younger son maybe would have applied (perhaps I should have said "may apply" but he's still a few years away from college) but we accept that he would no longer receive the legacy bump. It doesn't mean he won't apply - he still could. So maybe it will affect us but we are ok with that because we don't believe that he should have an advantage over other qualified students. We will still continue to donate to the school. Other alum and friends have kids who may be impacted aas well and they are still support the decision. How does this affect you?