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When I was admitted in the 1970s, Stanford bragged that it was the only elite that did NOT give preferences to legacies and was also need-blind in admissions.  I was very proud to come to a campus that I thought was truly merit based.  But at some point in later years it switched--or admitted that it was never truly free of legacy admissions after all.  I have never heard the story about the switch.  In any case, my kids wanted nothing to do with Stanford, so it was not an issue in our double-legacy family.

When my daughter applied in 1999, I recall that the application form asked whether any relatives had gone to Stanford. If not for legacy admissions, what would be the purpose of the question?

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When I was admitted in the 1970s, Stanford bragged that it was the only elite that did NOT give preferences to legacies and was also need-blind in admissions.  I was very proud to come to a campus that I thought was truly merit based.  But at some point in later years it switched--or admitted that it was never truly free of legacy admissions after all.  I have never heard the story about the switch.  In any case, my kids wanted nothing to do with Stanford, so it was not an issue in our double-legacy family.

When my daughter applied in 1999, I recall that the application form asked whether any relatives had gone to Stanford. If not for legacy admissions, what would be the purpose of the question?