The logic here is mind boggling. Essentially they are removing merit as a selection criteria, because privilege affords people more opportunities to show merit.

The logic here is mind boggling. Essentially they are removing merit as a selection criteria, because privilege affords people more opportunities to show merit. If you are raised with privilege your parents are far more likely to have encouraged you to do extra cirriculars, support your interest in X,Y,Z, paid an essay coach to help or write your admission essays, etc. I understand this, but it is not a good policy. In effect you will now be discriminating against good kids who worked their asses off to do extra cirriculars and prep for the SATs, etc. Get rid of legacy preference for sure, find new ways to be more inclusive of underrepresented populations, but don't fix discrimination with more discrimination.