Activist groups challenges Harvard over legacy admissions, claims it discriminates ag

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Activist groups challenges Harvard over legacy admissions, claims it discriminates against Black students

An activist group filed a complaint challenging Harvard's legacy admissions Monday, arguing the practice discriminates against Black applicants.

The group, Lawyers for Civil Rights, claims that the practice of legacy admissions unfairly favors White applicants. The move comes days after the Supreme Court ruled that Harvard's race-based affirmative action practices were unconstitutional.

"Why are we rewarding children for privileges and advantages accrued by prior generations?" LCR executive director Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal said. "Your family’s last name and the size of your bank account are not a measure of merit, and should have no bearing on the college admissions process.".....


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ac...dmissions-claims-discriminates-black-students
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I agree 100% . People like Hunter Biden should only get into the prestigious Ivy League schools based on merit not based on who they know or who they are related to. Just like your skin color should not matter who you know should not matter either.

My best friend in medical school was technically 50% Mexican. His grand parents were from Spain and his grandfather ran a silver mine in Mexico. His mother was born in Mexico so she was a Mexican born to two parents from Spain. So my partner's mother was a very white "Mexican" and his father was White. Anyway based on his MCAT score Harvard sent him a letter for an interview at Harvard Medical school. I scored 5 points higher than him on my MCAT and I never got a letter from Harvard but maybe it got lost in the mail? :dunno: :laugh: He didn't go for the interview because he is a petroleum geologist and wanted to stay close to Texas so he could work during med school.. He is a smart guy and I have no doubt he would have done well at Harvard if he got in.
 
Fundraising is at the core of basically every Universities existence. I'm sure what they'll argue is the benefit of the large donors allow them to offer more aid and scholarships to needy students (some Ivies and schools like Stanford don't charge tuition I believe for low income students who qualify). And if those large donors have kids who get in the overall benefit of their donations is still worth it.
 
cawacko said:
Fundraising is at the core of basically every Universities existence. I'm sure what they'll argue is the benefit of the large donors allow them to offer more aid and scholarships to needy students (some Ivies and schools like Stanford don't charge tuition I believe for low income students who qualify). And if those large donors have kids who get in the overall benefit of their donations is still worth it.
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Exactly
 
cawacko said:
Fundraising is at the core of basically every Universities existence. I'm sure what they'll argue is the benefit of the large donors allow them to offer more aid and scholarships to needy students (some Ivies and schools like Stanford don't charge tuition I believe for low income students who qualify). And if those large donors have kids who get in the overall benefit of their donations is still worth it.
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Does that mean buying your way in? Wasn’t there a scandal not long ago with parents buying their way into schools via sports scholarships?
 
archives said:
Does that mean buying your way in? Wasn’t there a scandal not long ago with parents buying their way into schools via sports scholarships?
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Lots of alumni give money, some extremely large amounts. (Varsity Blues was about paying someone to get in your kid in as athlete, that’s a separate issue.). Anecdotal but I heard stories of a couple kids at USC whose family had buildings named after them and they didn’t get in.

Schools love/need money. It’s their life blood.
 
Nordberg said:
Have you seen the tuition they charge? They make a ton. They also get huge donations. Harvards' endowment fund is about 60 billion.
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Harvards tuition is basically free for families who make under $85K and it’s discounted for those who make under $150K. That’s thanks to their tremendous endowment. Thus their likely position that the good that comes from these donations trumps concerns over certain legacy admits.

(Tuition money does not go to the University’s endowment fund.)
 
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