Some of this inequality in college access is helped along by the policy of preferential admittance for so-called “legacy” students, whose parents or other family members attended the college.

对所谓的“遗产” 学生的优先录取政策在一定程度上助长了大学入学方面的这种不平等，这些学生的父母或其他家庭成员曾就读于该大学。