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I’d like to see more numbers for context. How many students were favored by legacy status, and approximately how much favoritism?

They often mix legacy numbers with athletes for some reason… I guess to make the numbers more dramatic? Or maybe because insecure intellectuals look down on athletes in general?

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What difference do the numbers make if the policy is better? If it changes 1 or 100 outcomes, in my mind this is absolutely the correct call.

Numbers would be great and they should definitely produce them, but I don’t think they would change my thinking they legacy admissions is negative.

The news likes to stoke outrage and context (especially numerical context) helps moderate it.

Also, small problems often have different solutions than large problems. Solutions that don’t scale are fine if the numbers are small.

My point is that this is just an objectively good thing because it’s the “right” way to handle things. Even if the “wrong” way has minimal impact.

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