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AlexandrB 6 days ago

You could make the same argument for why any kind of prejudice should be allowed since, for example, racism provides an advantage that functions in the real world. This seems like a bad defence for legacy admissions.

zdragnar 6 days ago | parent [-]

Legacy admissions are preference, not prejudice.

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samrus 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

When there limited resources, prefering one type of person is prejudicing against the others.

corimaith 5 days ago | parent [-]

There are hundreds of colleges, many of which have high acceptance rates and perfectly fine instruction. Are these applicants or the people in this thread then displaying preference or prejudice in the institutions they apply? And if so, what makes it different than the institutions do the same?