Legacy applicants at ND are 2x more likely to be admitted

Legacy applicants at ND are 2x more likely to be admitted
by NavyJoe (2019-03-18 13:58:50)
Edited on 2019-03-18 14:05:16

In reply to: I doubt that there is any appreciable difference in quali- posted by 1NDGal

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This has been discussed here before, if I recall correctly.

There was an article in the WSJ last year that examined legacy admits at the Top-25 schools. ND is among the most preferential to legacy among all the schools.

The article I link may be behind a pay-wall. I subscribe to WSJ so I can't tell if this is one of the open-access stories or not.

Click here for link at https://www.wsj.com/articles/legacy-preferences-complicate-c

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I think the statistic was that the % of legacies is higher - 1NDGal 2019-03-18 15:15:04
I think the word "preferential" is not appropriate here - ufl 2019-03-18 14:33:14
- Ok, I agree the article does not say that - NavyJoe 2019-03-18 14:45:42
  - You can be skeptical, but that isn't data. * - NDWahoo 2019-03-18 18:09:28
    - In 2015, Legacy admit rate was 45%...20% for non-legacy (link) - NavyJoe 2019-03-18 18:24:22
      - that shows admit rates, not preferential treatment - NDWahoo 2019-03-19 09:13:19
  - I don't have the data but I'm not so sure you're correct - ufl 2019-03-18 14:49:37