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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]black or Hispanic much better chance with those stats

Is it fair personally I don't think so but it is what it is[/quote]

same with white athletes and white legacy applicants.[/quote]

Legacy is not the advantage that you think it is. I have twice had kids strike out at my alma mater despite scores within their middle 50%. Perhaps if I gave more.[/quote]

+1. Legacy advantage is vastly overstated.[/quote]

Except at Harvard -- which accepts way more legacies as a percentage of admits than anyplace else.

However, they have so many alums, legacy is no guarantee.[/quote]

Legacy as a percent of admissions is the wrong metric. It discounts that many legacy applicants are good candidates. It also discounts increased interest among legacies (e.g. a top applicant who grew up hearing about Harvard is more likely to choose Harvard than Yale). Average test score of legacy admissions vs. non-legacy is a much better metric. [/quote]

Agreed and I believe I saw reference to this in the data that was released pursuant to the lawsuit......there was a negative delta but is was minimal compared to athlete and URM admits.[/quote]

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