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<blockquote data-quote="4shotB" data-source="post: 952657" data-attributes="member: 844"><p>As a HS teacher at a private institution (with tuition 25k+ a year ) I have a lot of insight into the mind of a junior or senior going through the application/selection process.</p><p></p><p>What I see (and somewhat astonished by) is a large % of kids who are multi-generation at an individual school, many times at the large southern state university with good football teams and modest academics (in short, SEC schools for the most part). The school is such a part of their family background and culture that their school "choices" are made for the most part when they are very young. (One byproduct of this sadly is that a kid who grows up looking only at an Auburn or Ole Miss or UT Knoxville bc of family history isn't going to strive to reach their fullest potential as they are pretty much garanteed a spot in their school of choice. I have even seen kids who did have a Tech, Duke or Northwestern-type resume pick a Bama or equivalent due to the legacy influence).</p><p></p><p>Why is this important or relevant to GT? It's probably not if you ignore donations to the school and attendance at athletic events. However, if you think these things ARE important (and most of us would) then legacies built that foundation in a way that few other things can match. I look at my circle of friends from my days on North Avenue - not a single one of us had a parent who attneded GT - about half of this group were Georgia kids, the rest from out of state/international. Now. some 40 years later, none of us had offspring who went there either - by choice or by inability to gain admission. As far as I know, I am the only one whose offspring even applied - one was admitted but chose a different (smaller school) and one whose chances of getting in/getting out were equivalent to my chances of winning the Open golf tournament this week.</p><p></p><p>I do know Friday attendance at class is impacted by the SEC football schedule as many of these kids are travellling by car, RV or family plane to one of these towns where the family will typically own a home, condo or townhome for the purpose of having a place to stay for football weekends.</p><p></p><p>This continuity builds a certain esprit de corps that (imo) that was/is missing from the Tech community and effects giving to the school and attendance at athletic events. Getting rid of the legacy policy won't move the needle in places like Fayetteville, Columbia, Athens or Lexington as it won't have any change on their admission policies. However it will not any any benefits whatsoever to GT and, in fact, may further erode dwindling fan support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4shotB, post: 952657, member: 844"] As a HS teacher at a private institution (with tuition 25k+ a year ) I have a lot of insight into the mind of a junior or senior going through the application/selection process. What I see (and somewhat astonished by) is a large % of kids who are multi-generation at an individual school, many times at the large southern state university with good football teams and modest academics (in short, SEC schools for the most part). The school is such a part of their family background and culture that their school "choices" are made for the most part when they are very young. (One byproduct of this sadly is that a kid who grows up looking only at an Auburn or Ole Miss or UT Knoxville bc of family history isn't going to strive to reach their fullest potential as they are pretty much garanteed a spot in their school of choice. I have even seen kids who did have a Tech, Duke or Northwestern-type resume pick a Bama or equivalent due to the legacy influence). Why is this important or relevant to GT? It's probably not if you ignore donations to the school and attendance at athletic events. However, if you think these things ARE important (and most of us would) then legacies built that foundation in a way that few other things can match. I look at my circle of friends from my days on North Avenue - not a single one of us had a parent who attneded GT - about half of this group were Georgia kids, the rest from out of state/international. Now. some 40 years later, none of us had offspring who went there either - by choice or by inability to gain admission. As far as I know, I am the only one whose offspring even applied - one was admitted but chose a different (smaller school) and one whose chances of getting in/getting out were equivalent to my chances of winning the Open golf tournament this week. I do know Friday attendance at class is impacted by the SEC football schedule as many of these kids are travellling by car, RV or family plane to one of these towns where the family will typically own a home, condo or townhome for the purpose of having a place to stay for football weekends. This continuity builds a certain esprit de corps that (imo) that was/is missing from the Tech community and effects giving to the school and attendance at athletic events. Getting rid of the legacy policy won't move the needle in places like Fayetteville, Columbia, Athens or Lexington as it won't have any change on their admission policies. However it will not any any benefits whatsoever to GT and, in fact, may further erode dwindling fan support. [/QUOTE]
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