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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the reasons people send their kids to private schools (though not the only reason) is to increase their chances of getting into an elite university. However, these students still have to compete with others who benefit from legacy admissions.

In a society that prides itself on meritocracy and free enterprise, is there anything positive for society about this type of admission practice—or does it simply entrench the privileges of a few? What do you think?[/quote]

Are you the same person who recently started a thread on this in the Politics forum?

Why do you care so much?

As said over there, most legacies *don't* get in, this issue affects a small slice of people applying to elite *private* institutions, and most discussions of the issue conflate the advantages of the wealthy with the advantages of legacy.

This is a weird hang up.[/quote]

Why do you care so much about this post ? Maybe people have an opinion different from yours. [/quote]

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