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CydeWeys 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: California bans legacy admissions at private unive...

If someone pays $10M for their kid to get into the school, that's not a legacy admission; that's dynamic pricing. Legacy admissions are where the person getting in pays no more than the normal rate of tuition.

slt2021 5 months ago [–]

everybody pays tuition. legacies also donate heavily.

all these named scholarships and named professor titles - are coming from donations

closetkantian 5 months ago | [–]

I've seen a study showing that basically only legacies who donated had their children accepted.

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