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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Actually if you read what I write I made pretty clear that 30% of Harvard’s class WAS legacy. I never said it wasn’t. Maybe your poor reading comprehension is what resulted in your attending a school your children clearly do not want to attend.   Legacy gives a huge bump but to claim that it is the only way to get in is simply factually incorrect.   The numbers do not support that claim. Maybe your math skills are as bad as your reading skills. [/quote]

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