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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]‘I should’ve gone to Yale. Even though I didn’t like it as much, at least no one would attribute my acceptance to my last name.‘

It’s artfully worded. It’s implied but not stated.

Usually the ‘legacy angst’ goes away if you also applied and were accepted to a school that’s even harder to get into.

Don’t get me wrong legacies at ivies are no slouches. Most legacy applicants are rejected. But there is a reason people pick to apply to the school where they have a hook. 
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No one turns down Yale for Dartmouth.

Calling BS in this.[/quote]

If you have a cancer center at UVA named after a family member, the name on your degree is meaningless. For that level of wealth, there is no difference between Dartmouth and Yale [/quote]

She applied (and was accepted) ED to Dartmouth.
It's weird that she even brings up Yale.  No one from her NCS class went to Yale although many applied. 
The entire article is odd. [/quote]

It is odd.  As is her defensiveness about how she adds value to the class even though people assume that as a double legacy she must be less qualified.  After reading that op-ed, I tend to think she is the beneficiary of a legacy preference--her writing isn't that good, even looking past the cringe-y, tone-deaf content.  And also weird to me, that both she and her father majored in art history at Dartmouth.  Might as well just tattoo "child of a privileged family" on her forehead.[/quote]

Her father took enough science classes to end up in med school. At least at SLACs, it used to be common to major in something you enjoyed while taking the prerequisites for med school [/quote]

She does say that she's doing her art history major in anticipation of ending up in corporate America.  Gross.[/quote]

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