<p>ernie, how does legacy admissions equate to affirmative action?</p>
<p>Because both give an advantage to certain applicants based on something that the applicant was born with and did nothing to obtain.</p>
<p>True, though I think it's widely inferred/assumed that most people let in through the affirmative action program are poorer than average and disadvantaged, while the legacies are wealthy and privileged, so that's a knock against legacies.</p>
<p>who cares about them, you'll meet better people in princeton</p>