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Affirmative Action for the 1 Percent

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The Importance of Legacy Students in College

Legacy students almost by definition are likely to be coming from well-off families. So this policy kind of guarantees a preference for a fair number of rich applicants. The average legacy student has higher academic qualifications than the average non-legacy student, which is a reflection of American inequality.

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