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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it isn’t. I know legacies at Cornell, Brown, Chicago and Yale after not getting into Princeton. [/quote] Princeton is in the worst possible place with legacy. The numbers are something like 1/4 legacies get in 1/40 non-legacies get in The alumni community thinks legacy is worthless, because most of their kids get denied. Meanwhile everyone else can see that if you aren’t a legacy you’re in a much worse position. [/quote] +1000 Yes your legacy kid may not have gotten in because when admission rates fall to 3 pct it is hard for anyone to get in. But legacy kids still have a much much better shot than the kid who isn’t genetically blessed with an elite school alum parents. [/quote] You are assuming that legacies and non-legacies, on average, have the exact same qualifications otherwise.[/quote]
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