Opinion: Legacy Admissions Are The Real Scam In American Education
found, compared to 7% of Asian American and Latino accepted applicants and 5% of black accepted applicants.
The time has come to abandon a system that gives the children of elite college graduates a head start over everyone else. But how can we do it?That may sound drastic to American ears, but it’s far from uncommon. The concept is virtually unheard of in the rest of the world, and has already been outlawed at some of America's best schools, including MIT and Caltech. Elite colleges could respond to public pressure and get rid of it on their own, but the government could also take action.
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