Amherst to stop offering legacy preference in admissions

ucbalumnus
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:59:38 +0000

1NJParent:

If unhooked students form a typical bell-shaped distribution, the distribution of legacy students is likely to skew to the right (i.e. more qualified on average) but with a fatter tail on the left (meaning that there’re greater percentage of relatively less qualified students).

Applicants or admits? At a college with significant legacy preference, legacy applicants may be stronger than unhooked applicants, but legacy admits may be weaker than unhooked applicants.