Top schools begin dropping legacy admissions after affirmative action ruling

“Wesleyan and Carnegie Mellon made the changes in the wake of last month’s Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action.”

““An applicant’s connection to a Wesleyan graduate indicates little about that applicant’s ability to succeed at the University, meaning that legacy status has played a negligible role in our admission process for many years,” president Michael Roth said in a statement.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/legacy-admissions-ended-wesleyan-carnegie-mellon-supreme-court-affirmative-action-193220637.html

 

Good. They're unfair and perpetuate the very differences colleges and universities could help ameliorate.