legacy rejections

Senator_Noodles
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:50:12 +0000

I really don’t understand this whole legacy business. You go to a school, you have a great time there, you donate so others can also have a great time there. Why should kids of that school’s alumni get in because the alumni donate? I can understand being sad that your kid who had great scores/essays/recs didn’t get in, but your legacy status shouldn’t mean she should get in over someone else who is slightly more qualified - that’s like punishing the slightly more qualified student for not having legacy parents. Just my take on it, and I think most of my fellow students here would agree. I am having a blast at Duke, but I certainly am not going to be angry with Duke if my kid gets rejected 30 years from now just because I’m legacy so s/he should have gotten in…Though I agree that call for donations was more than slightly bad timing…