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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Legacy status is way overrated.[/quote]

No. Not everyone who's a legacy gets in, but everyone who gets in who's not an athlete/URM/National award winner is a legacy.

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This is utter BS.  Harvard legacy is about 30% of the class and that's pretty high (Yale is only 12% and Princeton is around 14.5%).  Even in the extreme Harvard case, are you saying the other 70% are athletes/URM/national award winner?  URMs comprise about 30%.  Some of those kids are legacies, so it's double counting, too.  Some are athletes and many are national award winners.

Reality is that about 40-50% of any given class (remembering that Harvard is probably on the extreme side for legacy) get no tips.

This incessant whining is embarrassing.  Would you all prefer a straight national entrance exam? If not, then just stop.

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I am sorry your feelings are hurt.  Must have been a legacy yourself.  All of you who claim legacy gives no bump.  The admission to Ivy is purely by the merit of your DC, I challenge you to not mention legacy status for your younger DC.  If you don't have the b*lls to do that then you just stop.[/quote]

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