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A comment on Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of legacy status in admissions. Parent comment

Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by nova22033 on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @12:30PM (#36789098)
actually had higher SAT scores than non-legacy admits

Is the SAT score the only measure of merit?

The non-legacies are going to miss on the chance to make social connections with legacy admits who have a lot of connections...and access to a lot of resources..

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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by Apocryphon on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @12:57PM (#36789574)
Yeah how often does that actually happen. Did Tommy Lee Jones’ acting career really benefit from him being roommates with the son of Albert Gore, Sr.?
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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by kelipso on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @02:28PM (#36791017)
The legacy admits will just go to some other college where some other suckerfish can hop on to get access to a lot of resources..so what's the big difference socially.
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