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Originally posted by Rudey
Either you're telling a story of BS or that's a statistical outlier. Colleges release information on legacy statistics. At Yale, for example, the SAT score difference is negligible...2 points lower on average for legacies. These schools do NOT deny the money issue but they also see it more as an issue of loyalty. Children of alumni will not reject offers of admission as highly, they will be active alumni and help plan future events, as well as help fundraise. Considering the fact that Harvard, Yale, and Princeton give excellent aid packages, it is that money that is raised through alumni that makes that possible.
And about the kid with the B+ and the 1200, I don't mean to sound harsh, but he'd have trouble getting into a top tier school let alone Harvard with those scores.
-Rudey
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha, I find it hard to believe that they would accept anyone with a 10 somehting on the SAT's too! Maybe if their Dad had built a building and they were a star football player..... but then again, maybe not.
And it's not a secret that there is opportunistic inequality in this country. There always was and there always will be.
We need to stop worrying about it in places we can't stop it (like private institutions), and start thinking about how we can make things more equal in public elementary and secondary schools, where it makes a BIG difference.
-M