> I get annoyed by legacy admissions as much as the next guy, but this strikes me as problematic. An institutions' membership or selection criteria is pretty fu

> I get annoyed by legacy admissions as much as the next guy, but this strikes me as problematic. An institutions' membership or selection criteria is pretty fundamental to their right to exist. > Especially when the whole point of a "private" university is their exclusivity. MIT is a private university that does not do legacy admissions, yet it has no problem maintaining its existence or its exclusivity.