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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amherst alum family here.  Older son picked a different NESCAC and younger son is still a few years away from college.  He's never really expressed much of a desire to go there but maybe he would have applied.  Obviously he will not have the opportunity for the legacy bump and we are fine with that.  We support the decision to eliminate legacy admissions and other classmates seem to agree (at least publicly).  [/quote]

[b]Translation:  since it has no effect on me personally, I’m ok with it.[/b] [/quote]

Not sure how you came up with that translation.  I said my younger son maybe would have applied (perhaps I should have said "may apply" but he's still a few years away from college) but we accept that he would no longer receive the legacy bump. It doesn't mean he won't apply - he still could.  So maybe it will affect us but we are ok with that because we don't believe that he should have an advantage over other qualified students.  We will still continue to donate to the school.  Other alum and friends have kids who may be impacted aas well and they are still support the decision.  How does this affect you? [/quote]

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