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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Huh? “Back in the day” pre-1980 you were basically auto-accepted to Harvard and other Ivy schools as long as you attended the right school (and you probably had legacy).[/quote] No. HYP acceptance 1970-80 was about 20%. Much easier than today but not auto admit.[/quote] It was an auto-admit coming from the top northeast boarding schools and certain NYC & Boston privates. Literally the way admissions worked was the headmaster of Andover would talk to Harvard head of admissions and agree on the admits…usually legacy were 100% in regardless of stats, then there were some athletes and then the “brilliant” kids that should attend Harvard. This was a bit less pronounced towards the end of the 1970s and then really stopped with the 1980s…though it took until like 2010 for places like Harvard to no longer allow conversations between headmasters and admissions.[/quote]
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