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[quote=Anonymous]I see what seems like a lot of posts from people strongly opposed to “legacy  admissions” and I’m curious about this position.  I agree that unqualified applicants should not be admitted to any schools.  Do you assume that no legacy applicants are qualified for admission to the school their parent attended?  That seems odd to me given how important parental expectations are for success in school and life.

Do you mean that no kids should be permitted to apply to the schools their parents attended?  How would it even work, when the common app asks for parental information (and that appears to be the basis for first generation applicants)?  And how is it different from school that look at demonstrated interest?  Why should legacy kids’ interest in attending the school they are familiar with, have a personal/family connection to, and likely grew up knowing about, visiting, rooting for its sports teams, etc not be allowed to follow that interest?

Genuinely curious, I promise.  [/quote]

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