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[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]

As long as you are aware that both work against equality and meritocracy.
I believe that admittance should be based solely on academic achievement. Geography, race, sports, legacy, music talents...none of those should matter. [/quote]

So you want your kid to go to school with a homogenous group of kids?  These top schools have so many highly qualified students to pick from, I for one, want them to look more than test scores and gpa.  I firmly believe that most of us on DCUM's kids have huge advantages---my kid doesn't wonder where there next meal comes from, or have to work 20/hr/wk to help me pay the bills, or have to take the bus to the CC in order to take Dual Entry courses (my kid has their own car to drive).  My kid got $1K of individualized SAT prep (8 hours) over 5 weeks that raise their score from 1300 to 1500; if needed we could have paid for more.  Sure, I bet my kid could have done 120-150 of those points by self prepping, but this was targeted and way easier)  My kid had the time and $$ for this; but I'm smart enough to realize that many out there cannot.  They will take the SAT once, have to hope they get the right bus 1 hours before the test to get to the test center onetime.
 
So I'm ok with colleges looking at the whole picture for admissions.  If the reason my kid didn't get into their T10 ED choice is because the spot went to someone with slightly lower scores but who had a reason why (first gen, low income, bad home life, were seriously ill in HS or had a parent who was, etc), then I'm 100% fine with that.  Because I know that ultimately my kid will succeed in life because of their drive, smarts, dedication and the support of their parents (financially and in general).

And once again, life isn't fair.  In the "real world", you might not get a job you think you are most qualified for because someone else knows the manager or the managers manager, etc.  People get things in real life because of connections all the time.  Instead of complaining, the better solution is to work hard, persevere and start figuring out how you can build those connections/network.  And remembering that most likely, you too have advantages in life over someone else (most that have time to be on a DCUM do have many advantages over most in life)
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