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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Legacy preference is NOT Unconstitutional!! What part of this is not clear to posters here. There is no mention of Legacy in Title VI or VII. 
We didn't fight a civil war for legacy!!!
This "If, I can't have my special unconstitutional preference, then you can't have any yourself, even if it is constitutional" is just rage induced vindictiveness and will be thrown out of court.

So leechers want other folks to donate to the schools to build the endowment and will gladly use that endowment to get financial aid from the schools for their kids, but don't want the donors to GET ANY BENEFIT for their donations for their kids, even though many legacies have excellent grades and scores?

Do they think that tuition alone is enough to run these schools?

I have donated regularly to my alma mater and my kids are in the sweet spot for admissions in the unhooked category there based on their academics.

I fully expect the school to give my kids a tip. If they instead publicly announce that they will no longer support legacy admissions, I will be damned if I contribute a single additional dollar to them. They can look elsewhere to build up their endowment and support their expensive administrative bloat.

And if that pisses you off, you're welcome. C'est la vie
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You sound slightly unhinged. Who suggested legacy preference is unconstitutional? And, by the way, your alumni contributions are not large enough to matter at all. - Signed an Ivy alum who donates AND supports eradication of legacy preference[/quote]

Remember, your kids don't have to add where you went to school! You can control that if you want to ensure nothing you think is unfair could happen. [/quote]

That’s a pretty small-minded approach. My DC is not applying but would you have said that to others who might have met another category of preference? Yuck. And that does absolutely nothing to address the issue. We need systemic change. And we need to stop giving extra voice and power to a certain ilk of alumni. [/quote]

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