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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. [21] 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. 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 ...

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

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   Legacy college admission is an advantage given at birth, in which the children of a school’s alumni receive special consideration in the college admissions rat race. But after the US Supreme ...

5. Should Legacy Status Matter Anymore in College Admissions?

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   Elite colleges say they’re ending alumni preference to make admissions fairer. Critics call it a PR move to gloss over troubling inequities. Meanwhile, families are trying to figure out what ...

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

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   California is banning legacy admissions at private colleges and universities, ensuring that some of the country’s most selective schools will not favor applicants with familial or monetary ...

8. Why do colleges use legacy admissions? 5 questions answered

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   More than half of the top 250 U.S. colleges and universities offer legacy admissions. Paul Marotta / Getty ImagesLegacy admissions – a practice in which colleges give special consideration to ...

9. What to Know About Legacy Admissions - AOL

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   Legacy admissions is increasingly under fire by critics who contend that it caters to children of privilege and harms the equity mission of colleges. The case against legacy admissions is that it ...