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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another benefit of legacies: they know what they’re getting. People have inflated ideas of what Harvard is as an institution or what Harvard can do for them. Legacies know it’s a school. It’s not even the best school available for every kid or future. Legacies are satisfied with the product and the price they’re paying for it.[/quote]

This is true of private schools too. Legacies at St Albans know what they’re getting. They’re not disappointed that it’s not a utopia.[/quote]

It is not about utopia. I suppose this whole selection process promise some social ordering will be kept.  After all, the elite education isn't just for educating but for keeping up social orders.

On the practical side, even these hypocritical schools need some real meat, no?  I understand if the parents are super successful or have huge societal impact then it is possible their children will be high achievers. But what about a stayed at home parent who once went to Ivies? What do they bring to the table? Why do we have to assume their children are going to do great things?

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What does being a SAHP have to do with it?  How about your average lawyer or mid-level consultant? What does being they bring the SAHP does not?
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