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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by HeavenFox on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @12:28PM (#36789052)
AFAIK, legacy admission and donations are two separate "tracks", if you will.

Donations are when the "donation office" giving a list to the admissions office.

Legacy admission is when the student ticks a box on the application.

The former is to recognize past contributions, where the latter is more for future contribution (if your whole family went to Harvard, presumably you will be more likely to give money to Harvard)

Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by tough on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @01:21PM (#36789955)
> The former is to recognize past contributions, where the latter is more for future contribution (if your whole family went to Harvard, presumably you will be more likely to give money to Harvard)

So it's just a checkbox to say you're already on the sect