I'm amazed it was ever legal in the first place. It's open nepotism.
Nepotism has never been illegal.
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Children of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt
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#12The end of both legacy admissions and race-based admissions makes me feel hopeful that we're finally pivoting to a productive, merit-based approach.
Only one of these is a good thing.
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#13Re: Children of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt
#14Very good decision. Let’s see if them Ivy Leagues with enormous endowments would follow…likely not because that’ll cause a big drop in gifts and donations.
Re: Children of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt
#15The end of both legacy admissions and race-based admissions makes me feel hopeful that we're finally pivoting to a productive, merit-based approach.
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History also definitely shows that nepotistic or race-centered systems really did not work out fine. In fact the malinged systems made by rich white people were nepotistic and race-centered.
What history does show us is that systems that reward effort, and not just someone's heritage are the ones that have led to best outcomes.
Re: Children of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt
#16Don't legacy admissions often mean that their parents have donated significantly to the University?
In a sense wouldn't that just mean that those students are essentially paying a very high premium to attend there and subsidizing the education of all the other students?
I'm not against abolishing them but I do wonder if this will have any impact on alumni donations.
Re: Children of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt
#17I went to a second-tier public school that never had legacy admissions. Is it really a big deal? Or is this largely symbolic? Do you see kids in your classes who are rich and visibly a level below everyone else intellectually or emotionally? (I did meet a few students who were born rich and enrolled in my second-tier university after failing out of first-tier universities, so that might be my exposure to the practice)
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#19The end of both legacy admissions and race-based admissions makes me feel hopeful that we're finally pivoting to a productive, merit-based approach.
At the same time, we're getting rid of testing in admissions decisions.
So instead we're in an era of squishy, difficult-to-judge metrics... and of course, the places where one could stand out-- interesting stories on one's transcript or essay-- are increasingly being evaluated by AI.
Re: Children of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt
#20Next step: Ending use of athletic ability in admissions.