Is it right for one student to be accepted to a college because their parents are alumni of that school and not just on their credentials? Or if their parents have donated large amounts of money? Or further more if a student who has better grades and credentials does not get in to the same school because they did not have a parent who in an alumni or have donated money. George Leef, George W. Bush, and Peter Schmidt feel that Legacy Admissions is unfair.
Schmidt looks at a study done by researchers at Princeton University and it looks at statistics of legacy students. He says how colleges that are more selective in admissions and are most committed to admitting the children of alumni have the highest dropout rates among students. He pointed out that besides legacy admitted students at these colleges, other students that received special consideration on their applications are athletes and minorities. Statistically he showed that legacies actually were on top by rank in the grade point category with an average GPA of 3.26 compared with 3.12 for athletes and 3.05 for minorities. He closed by saying that he does not feel that legacy students should be given the same special consideration as athletes or minorities.
Back in 2004 President George W. Bush talked about legacy admissions. This marked the first time that legacy admissions had been discussed in the White House. Bush came out and said that he feels the reason a student should be admitted to a college should be based on merit. Bush, followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by attending Yale University. He did not have the best grades in college, (C average). At a commencement speech at Yale in 2001, Bush told the C students that they to could one day become the President of the United States. Bush Acknowledged his ties to Yale and that he was probably under review for admission as a legacy.
In a video interview, George Leef gave his opinion on legacy admissions. He does not agree with legacy admissions. He feels that they give an unfair advantage to students over ones who may have better grades or maybe have worked harder. He says how legacy defenders argue that there is nothing wrong with keeping a family line at a University, especially since added revenue makes it possible for schools to give more financial aid to students from poorer families. But how true is that? He brought up an interesting statistic in that three elite schools that are big on legacy preferences – Harvard, Princeton, and Yale – rank near the bottom when it comes to the percentage of students from poorer families.
It is clear that all three of these sources do not agree with legacy admissions. They feel it is definetly unfair to students who may not be admitted over a legacy. Even though there are alot of people who disagree with legacy admissions, nothing is being done about it. But is there anything that can be done?
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Monday, March 2, 2009
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Is it right for one student to be accepted to a college because their parents
[agreement]
are alumni of that school and not just on their credentials?
[Up]
Or if their parents have donated large amounts of money?
[Fr]
Or further more
[Fr] furthermore,
if a student who has better grades and credentials does not get in to the same school because they did not have a parent who in an alumni or have donated money.
[Ga, Sp, Pp, Pu, Up, Rp]
George Leef,
[=??]
George W. Bush, and Peter Schmidt
[=??]
feel that Legacy Admissions is
that legacy admissions policies are
unfair.
Schmidt looks at a study done by researchers at Princeton University and it looks at
[Ec, Ga, Pu, Us] Schmidt analyzes a Princeton study of legacy admissions.
statistics of legacy students. He says how
[Nn] He claims that
colleges
the colleges
that are more selective
[than what?]
in admissions and are most committed to admitting the children of alumni have the highest dropout rates among students. He
[Is there a connection between these observations?]
pointed
[Vt: present] He points
out that besides legacy admitted students at these colleges, other students that received special consideration on their applications are athletes and minorities.
[Ga, Rp] that admissions policies favor not only legacy candidates but alls athletes and minorities.
Statistically he showed that legacies actually were
He argues that of these groups, legacy students
on top by rank in the grade point category
performed best, academically,
with an average GPA of 3.26 compared with 3.12 for athletes and 3.05 for minorities. He closed by saying that he does not feel that legacy students should be
[Wo, Re] He concludes that legacy students should not be
[This does not make sense. If LA students perform better than athletes and minorities, which should they receive less consideration?]
given the same special consideration as athletes or minorities.
Back in 2004
[Di] In 2004
President George W. Bush talked about legacy admissions.
addressed the issued of
This marked the first time that legacy admissions had been discussed in the White House.
[Seems unlikely. Do you mean that it was the first time there had been an official policy?]
Bush came out and said that he feels the reason a student should be admitted to a college should be based on merit.
[feels students should be admitted to college based on merit.]
Bush, followed
[Nc] Bush had followed
in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by attending Yale University.
Bush, apparently, had been admitted to Yale because both his father and grandfather had studied there before him.
He did not have the best grades in college, (C average).
[Di, Clumsy]
[Are you talking about his high school grades? Or his Yale grades?]
At a
his
commencement speech at Yale in 2001, Bush told the C students that they to
[Pr: they, too,]
could one day become the President of the United States. Bush Acknowledged
[Lc, Pr]
his ties to Yale and that
[Up] he was probably under review
[Not clear: when? During the speech?]
for admission as a legacy.
In a video interview, George Leef
[=??]
gave his opinion on legacy admissions. He does not agree with legacy admissions.
[Vt]
[Us: agree with a person, not a policy] support the practice of legacy admissions policies
He opposes legacy preference policies.
He feels that they give an unfair advantage to students over ones
to some students over those
who may have better grades or maybe have worked harder.
[Di, Up] who may have better grades or who may have worked harder in high school
He says how
[Nn, Di] He points out that
legacy defenders argue that there is nothing wrong
legacy defenders find nothing wrong
with keeping a family line
[=?]
at a University,
[Lc]
especially since added revenue
[Not clear: how did “added revenue” become part of the argument?]
makes it possible for schools to give more financial aid to students from poorer families. But how true is that?
[Ic; Di; Us; true is true – no degrees]
Leef takes issue with the economic defense, pointing out that…
He brought up an interesting statistic in
[Wo]
that three elite schools that are big on
[Di]
legacy preferences – Harvard, Princeton, and Yale – rank near the bottom when it comes to the percentage of students from poorer families.
It is clear that all three of these sources
[Ga, Rp]
do not agree with legacy admissions.
[Us: agree on]
[You’re supposed to be writing about views, not sources.]
They feel it is definetly
[Sp]
unfair to students who may not be admitted over a legacy.
[Ga, Rp]
Even though there are alot of
[Di, Sp] many
people who disagree with legacy admissions, nothing is being done about it. But
[Ic}
is there anything that can be done?
[Weak conclusion]