A Little More Information on Legacy Applicants

Both the California State and University of California systems said that they don’t favor legacy or donor children in any way. Both systems said their policies are consistent with their values as public institutions. Nationally, more private than public institutions have legacy admissions, but preferences are not unheard-of. Some highly competitive private colleges also said they don’t consider alumni or donor ties in admissions. The California Institute of Technology and Pomona College are among them. But Stanford University, which admitted less than 5 percent of the 47,498 students who applied last year, does.

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by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed.

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