Duke Study Says Legacy Students Underachieve

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I'm not a legacy and have a SAT score which is 150 points above average for my university but my grades currently suck, lol.
It doesn't help that I went to an easy public school and never studied for anything before.

D.B of NY 11:19AM January 05, 2009

I was a legacy student myself and I saw no diminishing confidence. I wasn't overprivledged just because my dad graduated the same college I did. It more or less pushed me to do better, because I wanted to beat the GPA he scored while he was there.

nic of WA 10:48AM September 18, 2008

Legacies are mostly over-privileged white kids who harbor a sense of entitlement throughout their lives. And they are low acheivers with low merit as a result. They're typically worthless people, and many are candidates to wind up expelled for cheating or (later) in prison for securities fraud.

Ivan of CA 2:17AM September 11, 2008

Legacy students. Let's see. McCain comes to mind at the Naval Academy. Uh, yeah, fifth from bottom and s smart aleck all the way. Now you want to elect this background?

of 4:37PM September 09, 2008