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Worse yet is the documented effect of the legacy preference policy on alumni children themselves. Georgetown University psychologist Deborah Perlman has observed that many legacy students suffer feelings of “self-doubt” as they wonder whether they were admitted because of their lineage or because of their own accomplishments. Why would alumni parents want to see their children endure these feelings—especially if they almost certainly would have been admitted on merit alone...
...contacted them to see if they might wish to join us for recruiting activities in November and December. Both schools have enthusiastically agreed, and we believe that our combined efforts—which mirror our current spring and early fall joint travel trips to 120 cities along with Duke, Georgetown, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford—will enable us to attract an even better and more diverse pool of applicants...
...varsity boat, on the other hand, pulled itself into silver after a very tight race against Georgetown and Cornell, finishing just a second behind the victorious...
...novice eight’s six victories was even close. A 17-second victory against the No. 2 Tigers, a 42-second rout of an embarrassed MIT crew, and a 14-second win over the Hoyas of Georgetown are just a few instances of its domination...
...sport where races are often decided by seconds—as was the case when the Radcliffe varsity eight fell to Georgetown by a single tick—these performances from a novice eight crew become all the more fantastic...