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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all of you that are okay with legacy preference, are you okay with affirmative action?  Same thing but in reverse.  [/quote]

I am ok with both. [/quote]

+2. DC1 is the 3rd generation at Brown, where DH's grandmother established a scholarship. I can see why the school would want us versus someone who sent 25 copy/paste applications to whatever US News ranked at the top that year. [/quote]

I'm neutral on legacy admissions, but you are clueless.  The whole reason why someone HAS to send 25 copy/paste applications is because they don't have your advantage.  [/quote]
+1  I guess their Ivy league education wasn't enough to give ^PP critical thinking skills.   To the ^PP:  your post reeks of privilege and stupidity.[/quote]

And this is why your kids will not get admitted. I'm asking a simple question - why are you applying to an elite college with legacy preference - and you can't even answer that.  [/quote]

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