A recent article in The New York Times about the pressure felt by Ivy League alumni to get their children into their alma maters — and by those children to get into their parents’ colleges — demonstrated that legacy preferences are still a big part of the admissions process at top schools.
Why do legacies still carry so much clout in the admissions process? With competition intense and with the oversupply of qualified applicants, why does giving preference to the children of graduates make sense anymore?
Per leggere la discussione: Room for debate in The New York Times
