Yale President On Legacies

emeraldkity4
Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:50:44 +0000

I never thought legacies were not as qualified but they have had the opposite experience of first generation students as their parents have had the benefit of a college education and the children have had that support so they they should be much more competive as applicants than a first generation student.
However if the school is interested in diversity at all, and also feels that their school can help students go farther than they have before, legacy will only be a small criteria in choosing an entering class.