> MIT doesn’t consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you’d like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear:

> MIT doesn’t consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you’d like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy. blog. Links to https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/just-to-be-clear-we-dont-do-legacy/ https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/just-to-be-clear-we-do... which reads: > anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ WTF > Mollie blogged about it back in 2006. blogged. > Our institutional research website says, quite specifically, that “alumni relations” are “not considered.” Nope, it's a dead link. ----- MIT, the original source of authority, trying to dispel a harmful myth, can't even be bothered to publish a legitimate, maintained document to use as a reliable, authoritative source for admissions policies. All they offer is gossip from random employees. Why would they expect random journos to do what they themselves can't do?