Legacy policy

January 26, 2004

Dr. Gates plainly states in his letter that no one admitted into this University over another candidate solely because of his legacy.
Having a legacy wasn’t worth a whole lot in the first place. Only four points on a scale of 100. Persons of impoverished families were given six. So, as for the people who think the legacy program is some sort of neo-Nazism, the numbers prove just the opposite.Lets compromise.
Remove all mention of race off applications, remove affirmative action and then, when everyone is really admitted based on merit, not on race, not on income, then and only then, should we remove the legacy program.

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