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> The point of this law is to reward merit and hard work and discourage universities from offering back-doors for wealthy donors and alums. The point of it is to encourage fairness.

The point of donor child admissions, as I understand it, is to bring in additional money. Which could potentially enable more low-income students to attend.

The reason why some universities have ended legacy admissions recently seems to be that they have concluded that it doesn't bring in enough money. But they usually still have donor admissions.



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