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You think they're using 'holistic review' to disadvantage the rich?

A college that literally has a legacy admission policy?

You need to separate the types of rich. Yes, if your family is rich enough to name a Harvard building, you'll be in the legacy admissions pipeline, but for those who are merely upper middle class, they have a much higher chance of getting in via only test scores than those who don't have the means to hire outside tutors for their children.

Legacy at top schools means if your parents went there, you are fast tracked to admissions. It matters a lot. More than test scores.

If you are in that group, you have way higher chance of admission. TBC, you still need high test scores.

The point here is that good test scores and grades prob won’t get you in today unless you are legacy or a preferred group.

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