Children of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt
Good. With the end of affirmative action, legacy status in admissions becomes much harder to justify. [0] The number of kids entering elite universities via non-meritocratic avenues is incredible.<p>&gt; &quot;[The researchers] examined four kinds of nonracial preferences—for recruited athletes, and for children of Harvard graduates, financial donors and members of faculty and staff. The researchers found that more than 43% of white applicants admitted to Harvard between 2014-19 fell into one or more of these categories. Nearly three quarters of them would have been rejected if they had been subjected to the same standards as other white applicants.&quot;<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;end-college-legacy-preferences-harvard-sffa-racce-affirmative-action-13e90e30" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;end-college-legacy-preferences-...</a>