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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, if you google Harvard Crimson Legacy Admit Rate you will find a May 2011 Crimson article where Dean Fitzsimmons says the admit rate for legacies is around 30%. [/quote] Personally, I find the 30% admit rate for legacies a bit shocking. What ever happened to meritocracy? I find Fitzsimmons' claims that "some Harvard parents hesitate to push their legacy kids" and "we don't want to admit kids who would be unhappy" to be a little disingenuous. I know some argue that legacy kids are just as qualified as other admits, but why should they get what Fitzsimmons calls a "tip" that separates them from so many other equally qualified kids? It probably does come down to buying alumni support. Maybe this discussion belongs on the college thread, though. (And before the inevitable attack comes my way: it's not sour grapes, because my DC got into an ivy without any hooks, despite being a legacy at a different ivy.)[/quote]
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