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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a spin-off post to this, so adding my comment here - look how much better legacy kids do on the SAT/ACT. [/quote]
You mean kids whose parents are Ivy League educated do better on standardized tests? Wow, who would have thought?! I thought kids whose parents are poor, uneducated and lack resources would do better.  :roll: [/quote]
+1, basically every pro people talk about for legacy are just advantages of being wealthy. Legacy doesn’t need to exist.[/quote]
The fundraising ROI for universities says otherwise. Sorry that you hate capitalism.[/quote]
Great, show the proof that legacy admits of similar wealth status give more to the college then! I am not allergic to data.[/quote]
This isn't a controlled study. Universities are effectively making strategic business decisions though admissions. And they think legacy admits will give more, whether there is data to support it or not.

It's already well-established that yield is higher for legacies.
https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-why-elite-colleges-cant-give-up-legacy-admissions/[/quote]
It seems that you didn’t read this article, at least not closely. It almost entirely follows my argument and holds the limitation that it doesn’t hold conditional for the wealth of the person applying.[/quote]
"A whopping 42 percent of legacy graduates were flagged as potential top donors, which could include their whole family. Only 6 percent of non-legacy graduates were flagged as potential top donors."[/quote]
Once again that is not conditional for the wealth of the person applying. This is exactly my point. [/quote]

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