It’s college application season!! Shoutout to all the high school seniors cranking out essays and getting their Common App done. (And to all the parents trying not to freak out too much – I’ve been there! 😅)
But I have bad news: Up to 25% of the available spots at top universities are essentially already taken thanks to legacy admissions.
Students should be judged on the strength of their application – NOT where their parents went to school.
But legacy applicants have FOUR TIMES the chances of getting into highly selective universities. And at top schools like Harvard, 70% of legacy students are white and 78% come from extreme wealth.
Our kids are working too hard to be up against unfair admission practices like this. ALL students deserve a fair shot, no matter their background.