@ljberkow @Happytimes2001 @bernie12
I am not a first generation student. Never claimed to be. At this time, I am not part of any student organization pushing for elimination of legacy admissions at Emory or anywhere else.
I’ll post articles on the Emory board that I feel will be of interest to the Emory community at large. Typically, those threads receive no responses and very few views…lol. I’m a bit surprised at the interest in this thread. I do think it’s topical and will continue to be for some time.
@ljberkow There are studies that show an admissions preference for legacy candidates at elite schools. There is also the fact the schools themselves state outright that legacies (defined differently for different schools) get a preference. To deny that is to say that schools are lying about the existence of legacy preferences and that is a strange thing to say. That is on average and, of course, individual cases vary wildly I’m sure.
@HappyTimes2001 The Ivy league schools are so different from one another that it’s odd to focus on them as a group except from the standpoint of pure prestige. If you prefer a campus that has the hustle and bustle of a big city, then Princeton and Dartmouth make no sense. If you prefer STEM, then Dartmouth makes no sense. If you prefer small classes and an emphasis on teaching, then there are better alternatives than Harvard. If you prefer few, if any, core academic requirements, then Columbia makes no sense. And so on.
@bernie12 At big state schools, the revenue stream comes from big time sports, which generate TV and other revenue and which motivate alums to do more for their schools. That and the fact that they’re also far less selective reduces the profile of legacy admissions at those schools.