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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 mabbo on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @04:13PM (#36792516)
> Nearly three quarters of them would have been rejected if they had been subjected to the same standards as other white applicants.

That's kind of insane. Over 30% of white students at Harvard would have been rejected if not for those programs.

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