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  2. Legacy preferences - Wikipedia

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    Currently, the Ivy League institutions are estimated to admit 10% to 15% of each entering class using legacy admissions. [20] For example, in the 2008 entering undergraduate class, the University of Pennsylvania admitted 41.7% of legacies who applied during the early decision admissions round and 33.9% of legacies who applied during the regular admissions cycle, versus 29.3% of all students ...

  3. What are legacy admissions — and do colleges need them?

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    The Pew Research Center found 75% of respondents to a 2022 poll did not support legacy admissions, ... the US Department of Education began a civil rights investigation into whether Harvard ...

  4. Should Legacy Status Matter Anymore in College Admissions?

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  5. Top schools begin dropping legacy admissions after ...

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    According to Education Reform Now, a think tank focused on education policy, legacy admits make up roughly 10% to 25% of admissions at top universities. A recent survey by Generation Lab found ...

  6. Development case - Wikipedia

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    Development cases are a set of preferences in university and college admission, particularly in college admissions in the United States, separate from merit, athletic, racial and legacy preferences, whereby applicants from wealthy families are more likely to be granted admission to selective universities based on large donations made by family.

  7. No. 47 Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, announced last year that it had removed legacy from its admissions calculations. Colorado adopted a legacy ban in 2021.

  8. California bans legacy admissions at private colleges and ...

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    In 2022, legacy admissions accounted for about 14 percent of Stanford and USC’s enrollment and about 13 percent at Santa Clara, according to Ting’s statement.

  9. What to Know About Legacy Admissions - AOL

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