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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good for Phil Ting for carrying this legislation, CA voters for voting for it, and Gov Newsom for signing it. USC (which has the highest number of legacy admissions, followed by Stanford) said they would comply with the new law.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/30/california-bans-legacy-admissions-colleges-00181655

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USC and Stanford will comply.

It will be embarrassing to be the lone private institution in CA not complying with the law.[/quote]

It is really a stupid law.

No one cares if a walmart grandkid gets a spot as long as the walmart offspring donates a new gym to their alma mater.

Once again, California leads the way on stupid.[/quote]

The WalMart grandkids are still getting in because of the building donation. Legacy status is irrelevant to that. [/quote]

Regular legacy kids don’t get that much of a boost these days. 
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They certainly do at the California schools impacted.

I’m in California and know several kids who have gone to Stanford. I don’t know a single kid in the past years who hasn’t been legacy, faculty kid, or recruited athlete. Literally out of the kids I know, none fall outside those categories. And that’s what other people I know say as well. Legacy, especially double legacy, is hugely impactful. [/quote]

Even if the legacy acceptance rate is, say, 2-3x higher than regular admissions (4%) that's still just 8-12% acceptance rate. Legacy applicants are getting rejected in droves. 
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