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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Legacies are less than 20 percent of the class at the top Ivies these days.  Let’s say they are evenly split between private and public schools, which would mean greater percentage at private schools given how many fewer they are.  Numbers are still  far too small to account for enrolled classes at Ivies being 35 to 45 percent private school grads.  [/quote]

But you're conflating legacy preferences with other types of preferences private school students are more likely to have.  Private schools may have a higher % of legacy applicants (and again there's no data), but they will have more "development admits" (aka super rich kids getting a preference because parents are likely to be big donors) and higher enrollment in rich kid sports (water polo, crew etc.) that aren't  common at public schools.  Plus private school kids are more likely to have greater outside support in terms of college admissions counselors, academic tutors, pay to play summer programs etc.[/quote]

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