<p>Two chickens- I agree will you completely about legacies, and most legacies will probably have that nagging feeling...would I have gotten in without legacy status? However, according to thet UVa study, and going back to the metaphorical lottery tickets, a regular (white) applicant gets 1 ticket. A legacy gets 4.3. A black person gets 111. That nagging feeling turns into guilt sometimes for the black person because it is usually true that s/he wouldn't have gotten in without the racial hook and the UVa study shows just how dramatic that hook is. </p>
<p>As for:</p>
<p>"URMs get the crappy end of the deal."</p>
<p>Huge generalization. Such stereotyping. Incredible ignorance. Look, the fact is, a white person who has been on the "crappy end" of life is still going to be at a big disadvantage to a rich black person.</p>