Except with legacy admissions it's not even about who your family is, but cold hard cash.

It's something like 5x harder to get in as a legacy needing financial aid than legacy that can pay their own way. That they begrudgingly let some poor legacy in over randos is just window dressing.

Aptly named, legacy is a vestige of the way things were done before student loans; you can go to college if you can pay for it.

Except with legacy admissions it's not even about who your family is, but cold hard cash.

It's something like 5x harder to get in as a legacy needing financial aid than if you can pay your way. That they begrudgingly let some poor legacy in over randos is just window dressing.

Aptly named, legacy is a vestige of the way things were done before student loans; you can go to college if you can pay for it.