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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's uncommon either whether it be private or public. For one thing, legacies have an easier time getting into better schools than they could otherwise generally get into if they didn't happen to be legacies.[/quote]

I agree that it is not uncommon.  I also agree that it is not a good idea to go to a school you can ride your bike to and pretend you are "going away" because you have a dorm room.  Especially when your immediate and extended family is still strongly affiliated with the college you are attending.  Legacy is great....but it can be used to the detriment of the young college student.  [/quote]

I don't think students who go to school near home are "pretending" that they're going far from home -- I'm sure they're keenly aware that the school is near home, regardless of whether they see that as a positive, negative or neutral factor in their choice of school.  So, what' s your empirical evidence -- anecdotal or statistical -- that students who go to school near home and/or are legacies are at a disadvantage in any way?  FWIW, I went to school 3,000 miles from home, so I don't have an ax to grind here -- I'm just curious about the basis for the conclusion you state.         [/quote]

Good question.  When an undergraduate is in an environment where they are connected, and things don't go their way (ie: getting into a class they want, failing a class), they can pull in their "connection" to get them out of a bind.  VERY, not good.
How can an undergraduate figure out who they are when they live in the shadow of a "legacy".  I quoted the phrase "Georgetown Syndrome" because I believe it is a shame to raise a child seeing life through only a Jesuit lense.....never seeing another way of thinking.  You can't move out of the box you were brought up in unless you are exposed to different academic settings. There are no choices.  [/quote]

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