Word: legacyism
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College counselors at Harvard’s feeder schools confirm that the list is dominated by legacy candidates and those with other connections.
Moreover, of the 10 Z-listers The Crimson confirmed were not legacies and an additional nine about whom legacy information could not be determined, 79 percent went to private schools.
According to David K. “Deke” Smith ’58, an independent college counselor who was director of admissions at Harvard from 1965 to 1969, the list is, “in general, legacy cases.”
Lily L. Brown ’04, a Z-listed legacy, says her college counselor told her when she was waitlisted that there was a strong possibility she would wind up on the Z-list.
Some Z-listed students say their classmates are well aware of the predominance of legacy and other forms of pull on the list.