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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by raunak on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:38PM (#30833957)
Without legacy and the prestige and the entire shebang of old English style college, the Ivy Leagues aren't the Ivy League.

I agree with you that eliminating legacy would solve the issue of making the school different - it's never gonna happen though, so there's no point in talking about it honestly.

Also yeah, MIT is not a legacy giving school

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by johnaspden on Monday March 28, 2022 @04:04PM (#30834919)
> shebang of old English style college, the Ivy Leagues aren't the Ivy League

I'm not quite sure what this legacy thing is, but I don't think English universities do it. It sounds corrupt to me, and I think it would be a national scandal.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by mupuff1234 on Monday March 28, 2022 @07:42PM (#30836944)
Not sure why down voted, Oxford and Cambridge don't take legacy into account. (Well at least officially)
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