When Kent Dorfman was admitted to the Delta Tau Chi fraternity in the 1978 National Lampoon film Animal House, he was given the name “Flounder.” Nobody really seemed to like him very much and his personality and appearance were a fry cry from the typical frat boys that made up the fraternity. But he was a “legacy” pledge because his brother had been a member before him. That scenario was based on reality since the practice continues at many fraternities and sororities to this day. Perhaps less well-known is the fact that the same system can be used to gain admission to colleges and universities, to begin with.Read More
Legacy college admissions under scrutiny, and rightly so
