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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]

There's actually a strong student movement at Brown to eliminate legacy privileges and let legacy students compete on an even playing field as other students that has substantial alumni support.  I'm guessing Grandbaby Brown isn't a part of that.

https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/10/students-call-for-end-to-legacy-admissions
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Nell Salzman ’22 supports the campaign as she believes it promotes diversity and “feels weird” about being a legacy herself. She shared that last weekend, when her parents came to visit, they discussed the effort. “We just talked about how strange it feels that this is part of college admissions and how wrong it is,” she said. “People should be judged for other things and looked at holistically instead of based on what their parents did.” [/quote][/quote]

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