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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whose the crazy person who thinks legacy is a huge boost?[/quote]

Um, anyone who has read any of the widely available statistical analyses done on data that is now public? Are you numerically illiterate?[/quote]

We aren’t talking about the historical data over the past few decades, recent data shows that legacy nothing more than a tiebreaker, if that.[/quote]
Even if what you are saying was true (which it is not for a double legacy), you seem to have some logic problems. When we know a double legacy kid got in, that is why. The fact that many legacies don’t get in is immaterial. If anything, it points to the difficulty of admission generally; this only underscores the point that the double legacy who did get in would have been rejected “but for” legacy status.[/quote]

One thing that has been eye-opening in this thread is the rank numerical illiteracy on display from the legacy parents. [/quote]

Again, if you have data from post covid admission cycles to support your point, please cite.  [/quote]

I think that’s actually on you? You are the one insisting the data we have that shows a significant advantage for legacy is no longer relevant. Please cite the sources that demonstrate that legacy has no or minimal impact on admissions post-covid, since that is your position. [/quote]

You (collectively) are claiming you are making the data driven argument.  Surely you have the recent data to support it.  I have two kids at a feeder private and have anecdotally seen lots of legacy rejections post covid, particularly at the Ivies and Duke.  [/quote]

Translated: “I don’t like the existence of all the many studies that show legacy admissions offer a significant boost. My anecdotal experience from one small private has to prove all those studies wrong, because I don’t like those studies.”

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You have reputable and studied data that contradicts all the extensive studies showing the significant boost from legacy admissions offer? Great. Link the studies. Otherwise you are just going to be dismissed as delusional. [/quote]

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