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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the parent that has a legacy, non white you got a twofer... But for you to suggest that legacy is on average smarter than these kids, that's rather narrow of you.[/quote]

I never said legacy students are smarter. I said they have higher SATs. ([url]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/education/09legacies.html[/url])  For reasons other posters have pointed out, I don't think SAT and GPAs are good measures of merit so I would never claim that someone with higher SAT scores is smarter. Trying to judge applicants using numbers alone is what is really narrow minded.

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This is hysterical.  I clicked on the link this PP provided which was all about legacy advantages.[/quote]

"On average, Mr. Hurwitz’s study found, [b]legacy applicants had slightly higher SAT scores than others[/b]. Education researchers point out that students whose parents attended elite colleges are also more likely to have advantages like family wealth and private school education."

You're right legacy applicants are way more privileged than others. I think how far a student has come is an important factor in figuring out how far they will go. But on the measures you're focused on like SATs, legacy applicants do better.  [/quote]

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