@waitingmomla @northwesty I have to disagree on the power of the legacy card. Put another way, if it isn’t powerful, ND is lying to its alumni as it tells them something very different. With two ND grads in my family and a niece who was admitted with less than stellar academics, I’ve seen the power of the ND network, especially if the alumni parents are active in their ND club. And when I visited ND, the admissions officers said they were “proud” of having so many members of the class whose parents and grandparents (and siblings) went there.
My view is that ND will maintain its legacy admissions rates while also seeking to admit more low income and URM students. These two objectives are not mutually exclusive although this will put tremendous pressure on students who don’t fall into any of these categories.