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(02/04/20 8:12pm)
At the University, the Office of Admission takes into consideration the legacy status of applicants. Legacy status is defined by the University as “a student whose parent, step-parent, or adoptive parent has a degree from UVA.” Students with this status are almost twice as likely to be admitted to the University than their non-legacy counterparts. Many institutions across the country consider the legacy status — and these legacy students are overwhelmingly white, wealthy and admitted at higher rates than non-legacies. If the University seeks to have fair and equitable admissions processes — which it should, as a public institution — it should stop considering legacy status.
(09/25/19 10:41pm)
Since the late 1960s, applications to live on the Lawn opened up to highlight students with outstanding efforts in both their academic and extracurricular lives. Lawn rooms are praised as one of the highest achievements a students can attain, attracting hundreds of applications every year. I am lucky enough to be one of the students chosen to occupy a Lawn room, but was initially rather shocked about the room's high-priced cost of living — $7,270 for the year. What followed was a Twitter rant about the high price of Lawn rooms, which served as my attempt to prompt a conversation about the accessibility of Lawn rooms for low-income students.