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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a waste of time. I feel like this is distracting from the actual problems.

I'm an alum interviewer for a selective school and I can tell you it's hard to get in even if you are a legacy. They are rejected more than they are accepted. If they get in with a 4.0 and 1500 where they otherwise wouldn't (and in my experience, they aren't), who gives a sh*t? [/quote]
[b]then why bother with legacy, and why are you an interviewer there?[/b]

[img]https://hilite.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/w.chu_.legacies.4.27.jpg[/img][/quote]

Not sure what you are saying. I don't have a problem with legacy preference. I don't think it [b]is[/b] a meaningful problem.[/quote]
I'm responding to your "who gives a sh*t"?  If you don't give a sh1t why are you an interviewer?[/quote]

Ok, so, what that meant was if a legacy admit is otherwise qualified and gets a bump because they're legacy who cares. It's not like they are getting in over people more qualified than them. In my experience. That was my point. Obviously.[/quote]
Holy F!  What “experience of yours” are you saying.  Explain.  It better be with objective and rational supporting evidence.  Else, your other end is speaking.[/quote]

Hey genius. The chart included on this thread shows that about 30% of legacies get in. My experience corroborates that they usually don't get in. FFS.

I am not in the room with the admissions committee, but I have seen that legacy admits usually do not get in, and when they do they appear to be qualified. I was mentioning my experience to highlight that point. There is no way for me or anyone else to know. I'd love to know what "supporting evidence" could support this either way. Unless you are an admissions officer at hyps violating your employment agreement. [/quote]

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