Should Legacy Status Matter Anymore in College Admissions?

“I grew up with Yale as my frame of reference.” So recalls one graduate whose father attended the elite institution on the GI Bill. As a kid, this man—for the sake of this story we’ll call him Alex—grew up driving to New Haven to tailgate before football games at the Yale Bowl. “That was where my parents entertained.” Alex attended a prestigious private secondary school in New York, where he did very well. And so, he said, “I didn’t even think about it: I’m going to Yale. “It was more naivete than entitlement, really. It was the early ’80s. I… Read Full Article