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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kentanji Brown Jackson was first generation Harvard. Her husband was I believe from a multigenerational Harvard legacy family. From everything I have read and heard about him,[b] I don’t think he was an admit that only got in because of legacy[/b] like George W. Bush (look at his grades) or the Trump children at Penn.  Legacy doubles down on prior privilege. I mean if your great-grandfather or grandfather went to Yale and your Dad went, you are benefitting from a legacy preference that dates back to a time tjose schools actively discriminated against applicants based on race or religion. A time when their grandmothers couldn’t go. Athletics is just another way of building in privilege. Just look at the makeup of the athletic teams and the sports. A lot of wealthy sports are represented. Squash, sailing, water polo, fencing, etc.  There’s no recruiting for the debate team, robotics team, band, etc.  [/quote]

People are not saying that every legacy would not have gotten in otherwise.  They are saying it shouldn't be considered in admissions.  At a school that doesn't use legacy (Hopkins for example), noone can ever say you got in because of legacy status.  (Note - this is not to say that you don't benefit in so may other ways from life experience of being a legacy...ways in which will already give you  a boost over 90% of the population)
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