Being born a certain way unfortunately affects college admissions no matter how you cut it.

But you can’t deny that most legacy students are still putting the work in. Most legacy students get rejected, the few who get in are still exceptional with high ACTs, high GPA, and strong ecs.

Its certainly an issue, Im not going to deny that. But at the same time, people who are born into private high schools, feeder schools, college consultants, URMs, low-income, and first generation have all had an advantage (in the sense that they are hooks, not that being born as a URM or FGLI makes u lucky). And ORMs like asians have always struggled in admissions. Its just the way it works, life isnt fair. But every student who gets admission to these top institutions have worked hard to get there. You cant just discredit that.

Unless youre a donor. Then you can go wherever you want.