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i wouldn't be opposed to legacy admits if they were required to pay full tuition and judged to a higher standard: the legacy admit must have both a higher gpa, and sat score than the inbound class average.


I’m not from the US so apologies if I miss something that seems obvious, but why should they have a higher standard instead of the same standard?


You didn’t miss anything. That was a bizarre statement.


as a legacy you could choose to apply as non-legacy. but your odds would be lower (you're competing with more people)


So being legacy puts you at a disadvantage with no advantage?


you'd be in a different pool for consideration, less competitors, higher odds.


Then you are against legacy admits as your policy would actively discriminate against them.


it would not. your odds would be better (you'd be in a different pool, competing with fewer peiple).


That doesn't reconcile with what you said:

> judged to a higher standard: the legacy admit must have both a higher gpa, and sat score than the inbound class average


yeah i didnt write it clearly, but i meant "legacy admit" to mean a "legacy admit pathway", which a legacy applicant could choose to not use.




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