Legacies - NOT an automatic admission!

vonlost
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:49:34 +0000

There can still be a legacy preference. E.g., Yale could admit 100% of the legacies above the average of the rest of the pool, but a far lower percentage of non-legacies above that average, and still be consistent with the above statement.

Schools admit legacies because it is in their own best interest, for whatever reasons they perceive (e.g., fundraising to support financial aid). Schools don’t craft their classes to be fair to applicants; they admit the applicants they want the most, for their own reasons.