Opinion: It's Time To Abolish The Biggest Scam In American Higher Education

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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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I agree. Your kid wants to go to the school you went to, showed loyalty to, the kids love it because theyve been there over the years, all other things being equal, why shouldn’t your loyalty be rewarded? That’s not lying about a sport or SAT score or bribing someone to get in.

Suppose only students with high-enough scores got to attend college. The rich and lazy spoiled brats might not get in. Income inequality might abate, as the worthless dummies earned incomes as low as they deserved. I can dream...

IMO...Legacy admissions are not a scam & need not be compared to the alleged criminal activity now in the news.

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