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Wesleyan University Drops Legacy Admissions as Affirmative Action Ends

‘SIGN OF UNFAIRNESS’

A number of prestigious schools including Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT have already ended the legacy admissions policy.

Erik Uebelacker
Erik Uebelacker
View of Andrus Field at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Erik Uebelacker

Erik Uebelacker

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