A friend at Princeton told me they're having the opposite scandal. Apparently the student newspaper did some data analysis and found that legacy students had both higher SATs and better GPAs. That sort of breaks the narrative.
The feeling is that the trustees have capped the number of legacies at around 10-12% and so it's a bit tougher to get in if you're a child of an alumnus. Apparently they treat the pools fairly independently.
The feeling is that the trustees have capped the number of legacies at around 10-12% and so it's a bit tougher to get in if you're a child of an alumnus. Apparently they treat the pools fairly independently.
https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2023/07/princeton-...