> Good. With the end of affirmative action, legacy status in admissions becomes much harder to justify. Placing University of Pittsburgh, a public university w

> Good. With the end of affirmative action, legacy status in admissions becomes much harder to justify. Placing University of Pittsburgh, a public university which has almost a 67% acceptance rate, in the same conversation with private universities that have acceptance rates in or near the single digit percentages borders on journalistic fraud. I would also say that Pitt, unlike a lot (most) of universities mentioned, had many programs attempting to help those from more humble backgrounds get into the university. It used to have a very strong night school. It also had many programs in the summer for students who were "on the edge" of getting in but needed to learn some extra skills (like how to study, how to use libraries, extra classwork learning how to write, etc.). I don't know what kind of programs Pitt still has, though. So my information could be outdated.