<p>Wow, who knew there were so many Double Legacies??
Rest easy, suk2buwol, I just got off the phone with my college counselor(a respected Penn alum as well) and she disclosed to me that having Double Legacy this year is basically the golden ticket at the Penn admission offices…I see a chocolate river in our future! ;)</p>
<p>^ As I explained in another thread, this concept of “double” versus “single” legacy isn’t relevant in the admissions process, unless your college counselor has some sort of inside line into the admissions office that the rest of us alums who’ve attended legacy advising sessions, etc., don’t have. Once you have one parent or grandparent who’s a Penn alum (of ANY school, undergraduate or graduate), you’re a legacy, and there is no distinction made beyond that.</p>
<p>I feel that apart from pleasing and rewarding alumni, the legacy process for admission has no relevance. In fact, I’ve seen many arguments from people that want to see it abolished.</p>
<p>Honestly, unlike URM which recruits talented minorities for the sake of diversity - legacy admissions simply continues the system of privilege. </p>
<p>But perhaps it’s because I’m a bitter first generation American with no advantage over my Legacy counterparts - an advantage they had due to their birth. I thought we’d done away with aristocratic privilege, but it seems to crop up here or there.</p>
<p>^i completely agree</p>
<p>I don’t understand the argument that the legacies seem to have better success at Penn. Certain Asian countries are sufficiently successful in their education systems and if my parents were educated at a good university elsewhere, does that make me inferior to people with Penn educated parents? I think not. </p>
<p>I guess ranting about the injustice isn’t really going to change anything though. I’m just a little bitter.</p>