I think what its policy rather means is that Brown indeed has constructed strong alumni network influential enough to affect admission, which again proves how prestigious the Brown is.
@fenwaypark - I think you mean “more than non legacy families think it is”
Good one, @iwannabe_Brown !
By the way, I think the addition of the Van Wickle gates on your avatar is very becoming and adds gravitas. Keep posting!
Ugh. I myself messed up too. It’s less than non legacy families think it is. Legacy boost is less than alumni parents want and less than non alumni parents think it is. We say the same thing on the pre med forum with regard to “the boost” graduating from an Ivy League school. Less of a boost than graduates want it to be and less of a boost than non graduates think it is.
Also sorry to burst your bubble but the van wickle gates were removed ahead of schedule 
Does this make anyone else want to throw up?
http://gawker.com/how-the-rich-get-into-ivies-behind-the-scenes-of-elite-1699066450
I guess it must be hard for poor Lynton’s children who are obviously so incompetent that not only can’t they get into college on the merits of their own achievements but they can’t navigate through school either. Makes one wonder if they need someone to wipe their you know or choose their food selections. We know how they can get their papers done but what about finding classrooms and all?
gawker=entertainment – your first mistake was forgetting that.
I wonder why CC deleted the 9 page thread on this article in the parents forum
Do you have any evidence for this slander, @lostaccount? Don’t tell me it’s the donation. That may have prevented a rejection but many students who could get in on their own merit are rejected every year.
Also surely you’re not misunderstanding VIP treatment on a college tour as being indicative of a student being unable to find their way around the school?
Here is a balanced assessment of the matter by Blog Daily Herald:
http://blogdailyherald.com/2015/04/23/money-talk-brown-admissions-office/
The OP stalks many threads related to SUNY schools (especially Binghamton) with negativity and refuses to state the source of his/her opinions–parent, student, dropout, alumnus, counselor, whatever. I assume the same about his “impressions” of Brown.
(I am a long-long-ago alumna of Binghamton with a daughter who got into Binghamton but is finishing her freshman year elsewhere.)
Thanks, @oldmom4896. This poster is well-known in this forum too.
It is very clear that the poster passes her/himself off as a guidance counselor or independent college counsellor, if you browse through the person’s posting history. That is what makes the substance and tenor of his/her posts so sad and disappointing. This person is advising and purporting to act as a role-model for 16 and 17 year olds?
Anyway, thanks for visiting the Brown forum, oldmom, hope you come back often.
The OP does not “pass his/herself off as a guidance counselor or independent college counsellor”. The OOP isn’t “advising and purporting to act as a role-model for 16 and 17 year olds?” Nor is the OP raising any issues that have not been raised by many others including those at Brown. These are not new issues/questions. There has been no “slander”. If you choose to use inflamed language that is clearly your right. I’m sorry merely asking these questions brings out such defensive language and accusations.
@lostaccount Hahahahahahahahahaha.
May I remind you what you wrote about lynton?
And i’m the one using inflammatory language?
lostaccount said:
lostaccount has also said:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/17764708/#Comment_17764708
And this in the UChicago forum from lostaccount:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18394679/#Comment_18394679
These were just quick references that popped up. I recall more, but am too lazy to search right now. Anyway, I think readers can get the idea.
lostaccount said:
Correct! The defamatory published statements about the Lynton minor children could constitute libel.
@fenwaypark, this is the one that popped into my mind (emphasis added):
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18075095/#Comment_18075095
Good one.
Lostaccount, if the Lynton family did choose to sue you for libel, I think you might be able to sustain a successful defense by claiming that no reasonable person could ever possibly rely on the veracity of your statements on CC.
Lostaccount, you said a few posts back,
In light of the questions raised about the accuracy of some of your claims, could you give us a cite or two in support of your statement that “many others including those at Brown” are raising issues about whether Brown has “a larger affirmative action(sic)for wealthy legacies then (sic)other Ivy League schools”?
@lostaccount (the OP) said:
Aha! The OP has experience as an admissions officer, as indicated below. Reviewing the statements here in that light…hmmmm, shall I say, provides yet another layer of context.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19288511/#Comment_19288511
No I am sorry but I have not said that I am an admissions officer even if I did say that I had experience reviewing applications. That does not mean I am an "admissions officer. " I have not said what type of applications I am referring to and I am certainly not an “admissions officer”. I am not sure why the poster is resurrecting a year old thread-although it is flattering to be closely followed.