Should colleges no longer take “legacy status” into account in admissions
Agree
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Where parents went to college should not matter for their kids. Some elite colleges such as MIT are already explicitly stating that they do not consider legacy status anymore in applications.
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Abolish it. If alumni really feel strongly about the value of their education that they received and want to give back, then they should donate money without an implicit understanding that their offspring will have it easier to get into that college
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Yes because it disproportionately helps white people get into elite colleges
Disagree
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If it is not a guarantee that if your parents go to college X, you are also getting in, but rather a favorable factor similarly to, say, an outstanding extracurricular activity, then nothing wrong with giving committed (and probably full-paying) legacy applicants a bit of an advantage.