A lot of people have recently weighed in on legacy admissions, the preferential treatment given to the children of alumni in the college application process: President Biden. Members of Congress. Supreme Court justices. Officials at numerous colleges — some defending the practice, others calling to ditch it.
The Education Department even opened a civil rights investigation last month into Harvard University’s legacy admissions policy.
But what about the students who have benefited from the practice themselves, and were accepted by elite colleges in part because their parents are alumni?
In the Opinion Video above, five recent university graduates, all legacies, wrestle with the advantages they enjoyed in the college admissions process.
“It’s painful for me to think that all of my hard work in high school was so irrelevant compared to the fact that I was able to check the box that my dad went there,” a graduate of Brown University says. “There is a pretty natural human shame in admitting that you might not have earned something.”
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Tonight, Thursday on FADE to BLACK: Kim Carlsberg is with us for the first time!
Kim’s courage and commitment to uncovering and sharing the truth of her haunting encounters cost her immensely. Striving to maintain sanity in her “normal” life that became battered with extreme heights of anguish, mental exhaustion and sleep deprivation, was monumentally challenging. But with the help of a few close friends, Kim was not only able to manage, but to eventually become one of the most credible witnesses to the most incredible phenomenon on Earth.
A graduate of the “Art Center College of Design” Pasadena, CA in commercial photography, Kim’s career as an advertising and portrait photographer has covered all aspects of the entertainment and music industries. She has been commissioned to photograph the most noted celebrities in private sittings, from rock stars to presidents. Her work has appeared on televisions, in movies and hundreds of publications worldwide including Rolling Stone, TV Guide and Time. Her five year stretch as the exclusive photographer on the enormously successful TV series “BayWatch”, brought her the honor of being the first woman invited into the Hollywood Camera Union “IATSE”.
Kim is an international keynote speaker published in numerous magazine and news articles and a featured guest on History Channel’s “Ancient Aliens”, “Coast To Coast AM with George Noory,” and CNN’s, “Inside Man with Morgan Spurlock”.
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A few selections from the August 2023 sold out Soulhat reunion show at Antone’s Nightclub in Downtown Austin, Texas.
Camera at back of house due to very large “souled” out crowd.
Editorial note: While I understand the desire to be social and such, I have a very difficult time understanding why people insist on trying to have conversations louder than the live music… especially with these reunion gigs – come on people save the convo for pre/post show or in between songs!! #respectthemusic