Legacy Admissions???

TopTier
Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:46:20 +0000

@cba: In post #4 to this thread, I intentionally and specifically used the terms “substantially participated,” “devoted significant time and talent,” and “generously donated” (these are verbatim quotations). I did so to differentiate unambiguously between: (1) those legacy applicants whose alumni antecedents have contributed time, talent and treasury to Duke in ways that clearly exceed the average alumnus, and (2) those who have not. In addition, my post (#4) also indicated, “legacy status helps, but – critically – not all legacies are equal,” which certainly highlights the fact that all legacies receive some admissions advantage.

Based on the aforementioned quotations, I do not understand how my post (#4) is at odds with yours?