Amherst to stop offering legacy preference in admissions

jzducol
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:03:16 +0000

Most people assume ALDC had it easy. By my observation that is far from the truth.

A, If you can make it thru 1%-3% admission to be a recruited athlete the 89% success rate doesn’t seem so high. Just being an outstanding athlete is no guarantee—a case in point Nathan Chen was rejected at H because he wasn’t among 1-3% recruited.

L, can you imagine being told since you were six that you were favored to go to Harvard? How many times we all feel sorry for some kid who asked something like “I am an eighth grader… what should I do to get into Harvard?..”

D, if you have $12m to spare you can find an intermediary to get a pre-read on your kid’s file. If they think the kid had the chops to survive then congratulations, you have the privilege to lose that $12m.

C, many schools have the practice of giving the children of faculty a boost. What if the school uses it as part of the faculty recruiting, which has <1% acceptance too.