Stanford Legacies

As a direct result of the Varsity Blues scandal, California state legislators passed a bill that was signed into law that requires California-based universities to submit data to the state on their admission of legacy students. Specifically, these schools must include the number of applicants who both did and did … 

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Stanford Legacy Admissions

A recent Stanford University graduate wrote an interesting editorial on Stanford legacy admissions that we figured we’d share with our readers. Shockingly (not), the writer, Jonathan Poto, argues against the use of legacy status in admissions decisions at Stanford. It’s not exactly popular to argue in favor of legacy status … 

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