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...Harvard’s admitted tendency to “take a second look” at legacy applicants continues to rouse periodic furors. After so many rejections??over 20,000 this year alone—Harvard has gotten pretty good at conveying when it’s not interested. But it has traditionally found it hard to say no to legacies, especially if they have cute trust funds. This generates a great deal of indignation. And indeed, on the surface, the statistics are fairly daunting. Harvard’s general acceptance rate hovers around...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Give Legacies a Chance | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...pasty folk need to stop slipping over the admissions border and stealing everyone’s slots. Or so the argument goes.Harvard’s admitted tendency to “take a second look” at legacy applicants continues to rouse periodic furors. After so many rejections??over 20,000 this year alone—Harvard has gotten pretty good at conveying when it’s not interested. But it has traditionally found it hard to say no to legacies, especially if they have cute trust funds. This generates a great deal of indignation...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Give Legacies a Chance | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

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