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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Getting rid of legacy preference does absolutely nothing.  The same pool of privileged applicants will just spread themselves across the range of selective schools instead of getting funneled into the ones their parents attended.  It won't create additional opportunities for another else when viewed in the aggregate.[/quote]

This.  You get it. [/quote]

Wrong.   This is true only if you want to craft a narrative that suits your belief that the status quo in society should hold.  Legacy status primarily benefits wealthy white people.   When Johns Hopkins removed legacy preferences, the percentage of enrolled legacies declined from 12.5 to 3.5 percent, while Pell grant student enrollment (a proxy for low-income status) climbed from 9 to 19 percent.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/amhersts-legacy-announcement-wont-end-inequity/620476/

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Did you even read the link you posted?  Removal of legacy status and increasing socioeconomic diversity are completely independent of one another.

“Hill’s absolutely accurate point is that increased institutional spending on grant aid—not loans—for students with economic need will do much more to increase the enrollment of working-class and low-income students at wealthy colleges than getting rid of legacy admissions will.”

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