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[quote=Anonymous]The promise of legacy admissions is a huge factor in a school's ability to fundraise from alumni. If this were truly eliminated, fundraising would crater, and so would the ability of elite schools to be need-blind for minorities and first-generation college students. Just like anything, there is a balance to this equation. To all of those who scream "racism" at anything that isn't perfectly equitable immediately, remember that we still live in a free market system (thankfully) where self-interest plays at least some role. And if you want out of that--well, I encourage you to check out the elite university system of the Soviet Union circa 1980 that admitted sons and daughters of Party members in numbers much higher than today's Ivy legacy rates.[/quote]
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