People object to legacy admissions because a small number of schools have a stranglehold on certain jobs. It’s not about sour grapes over not being a “white shoe family.” People who object to legacy admissions would like a fair playing field for these schools AND would like these schools to stop having a stranglehold on certain jobs. It is not good for our country that almost the entire Supreme Court comes through a small slice of the Ivy League. So for those people who are against legacy preferences, the threat of Harvard losing some of its power is no threat at all.
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