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I want universities to be blind to everything except academic, and academic-adjacent, achievement. No legacy, athletics, development, family or ethnic background considerations.

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If that happens schools like Harvard will cease to be Harvard. What gives the elite schools,  especially Ivy League, cultural and social capital in the US is all that you seek to eliminate. I don’t personally care but I recognize the world we live in.[/quote]

Having 33% of the class made up of the children of upper-middle class professionals - which is what most legacy parents are - does not bring any more cultural capital to the Ivy League than non-legacies.

You're preferring to special-interest admissions, or whatever term Harvard uses, where they maintain lists of children of powerful industry magnates, politicians and donors.

The kids of donors don't make any greater contribution to the education than more endowment hoarding.

The children of magnates and politicians that would enhance prestige is too small to matter (<1%).

No one cares if your dad is in the House, they do care if he's Obama or Schumer, though. [/quote]

The nepotism is nauseating.[/quote]

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