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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 CraigRo on Thursday July 20, 2023 @06:29AM (#36798731)
One special gifts officer told me that the U had rejected a rather limited number of people whose families had 8 billion dollars.

3 million might get you into Brown, but it isn't going to get you into Harvard.

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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by meetingthrower on Thursday July 20, 2023 @04:46PM (#36806518)
I think this is a "we call you" situation, so if the kid is on the bubble they ask for the bribe. It doesn't work the other way if the kid is unqualified. No more Kushners...
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