Ivy League Legacies

The Fresh Look at Legacy Admission

February 22, 2020

We’ve been writing a lot about legacy admission of late. If you’re wondering why we’ve been so focused on the practice these past few weeks, it’s because we’ve been attacking the practice of offering preferential treatment to the progeny of alumni for years but it seems we’re no longer a …

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Legacy Admission Must Go

October 20, 2017

Legacy admission, the practice of admitting the progeny of a school’s alumni base, is a practice that must end. Indeed we’ve been calling for an end to the practice of legacy admission for years now since it stands in the face of the notion that everybody should have their fair …

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