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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is why they love to admit students either an Ivy parent or two.  So OP, are you or your spouse Ivy.  Potomac absolutely factors that into who they admit… as do many others for sure.  Many UVA acceptances were also legacy and while UVA isn’t supposed to do legacy, the same isn’t true for donors.  Legacy families donate, families that donate have an edge in admissions.   [/quote]

Virginia law changed for both legacy and donors at the same time.  Public universities in Virginia are NOT allowed to give preference to donors. UVa complies with that law fully.[/quote]

Yeah.  I said that.  But alums tend to donate.  So the admissions office can see who has donated a lot and use that as a proxy.  So now poor or lmc kids of alums don’t get a boost but the rich and UMC kids of alums do.  It’s worse than before because kids of an alum who chose to teach or work in a less lucrative career can’t get the legacy boost while the rich kids of alums who became drs and lawyers can. But now we can say no legacy.  Dumb is dumb.[/quote]

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