If this is not the case, then why do they ask if any relatives of mine attended the school previously? This is bias isn't it?
2007-05-21 13:29:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Nope its called being a Legacy! And its legal. How do you think our president got admitted to Yale!
2007-05-21 13:33:19 · answer #1 · answered by professorc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's not exactly how it works. It's more like this:
A n applicant who has a relative who graduated from the school is called a legacy. In most schools they would like to give some precedence to the children of their loyal alumni, but they are not going to sacrifice the quality of their school to admit a dope. So, what happens is that if they have two applicants who are about equal, then if one is a legacy the legacy will get the acceptance and the other guy will get turned down. But if the legacy is not as good as the other applicant, then the legacy will get turned down.
Pretty often the kids of smart parents are also smart. So if a parent graduated from a top school then they probably were smart and they probably have smart kids and they probably spent a lot of time making sure that the kid got a very good education. When times comes to apply to college, they push the kid to apply to the old school.
The schools actually benefit from this. When you have a smart kid who has no relatives or connection to the school then that kid is likely to be accepted, but never show up. When you have a legacy kid, once the kid is accepted she is very must more likely to actually show up at the start of school. That makes life a lot easier for the school!
2007-05-21 17:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are idiots. If either of the colleges where my parents went, gave priority to my brother...big mistake.
Sometimes the apple falls from the tree and rolls down a very big hill.
2007-05-21 13:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋