Harvard legacy

[Anonymous]

I know two who were deferred REA and accepted RD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The new strategy from our private is for the Yale grad parent to conveniently become a Yale faculty 1-4 years before their kid applies REA...

3/3 faculty or faculty + legacy kids were admitted in the last 3 years. Shrug

I’ve seen that with Princeton for NYC kids. Not necessarily legacy, but parents joining faculty a few years before college applications while living in the city.

[Anonymous]

We know two very high stat Harvard legacies who didn't get in. One this cycle was deferred from REA so still TBD

[Anonymous]

Never ever happen at Princeton consistently anymore high donors included.

[Anonymous]

I know a double legacy at top SoCal private who didn’t get in. Don’t know the grades and test scores but based on his parents and the school he ended up at, i imagine they were strong.

[Anonymous]

Nope. I am Harvard grad. Many of my college friends’ kids didn’t get in. Even more didn’t waste a valuable ED chance at somewhere w better odds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The new strategy from our private is for the Yale grad parent to conveniently become a Yale faculty 1-4 years before their kid applies REA...

3/3 faculty or faculty + legacy kids were admitted in the last 3 years. Shrug

Smart move for multiple reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The new strategy from our private is for the Yale grad parent to conveniently become a Yale faculty 1-4 years before their kid applies REA...

3/3 faculty or faculty + legacy kids were admitted in the last 3 years. Shrug

I’ve seen that with Princeton for NYC kids. Not necessarily legacy, but parents joining faculty a few years before college applications while living in the city.

You don't just "join the faculty" at Princeton to help your kid. It's not like walking into McDonald's and asking for a Happy Meal. It is kind of selective and often determined largely by specific needs.

Name me three people who did this. It is not outing anyone - if they existed and I had oodles of free time I could probably figure it out if they really existed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The new strategy from our private is for the Yale grad parent to conveniently become a Yale faculty 1-4 years before their kid applies REA...

3/3 faculty or faculty + legacy kids were admitted in the last 3 years. Shrug

How can they confidently become a Yale faculty? Adjunct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The new strategy from our private is for the Yale grad parent to conveniently become a Yale faculty 1-4 years before their kid applies REA...

3/3 faculty or faculty + legacy kids were admitted in the last 3 years. Shrug

I’ve seen that with Princeton for NYC kids. Not necessarily legacy, but parents joining faculty a few years before college applications while living in the city.

You don't just "join the faculty" at Princeton to help your kid. It's not like walking into McDonald's and asking for a Happy Meal. It is kind of selective and often determined largely by specific needs.

Name me three people who did this. It is not outing anyone - if they existed and I had oodles of free time I could probably figure it out if they really existed.

Your post made me LOL. My kid went to Princeton, and you're right, it wouldn't happen..maybe once in years. We knew a bunch of legacy kids who didn't get in if they weren't " name on a building rich".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Harvard Extension grad and both my kids got in to Harvard Extension.

😅😆

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The new strategy from our private is for the Yale grad parent to conveniently become a Yale faculty 1-4 years before their kid applies REA...

3/3 faculty or faculty + legacy kids were admitted in the last 3 years. Shrug

How can they confidently become a Yale faculty? Adjunct?

DP here. I know someone who started working for the endowment office (at a significant paycut) and another person who joined in kind of a career services advisor row. They are not faculty but they are staff and legacies and donors, their kid gets a research assistantship with another faculty member as an unpaid summer job, and all of a sudden there are multiple ties to the school.

[Anonymous]

And by Harvard legacy, do we mean only Harvard College? I assume it's even more difficult when the parents only attended HLS, HBS, HMS, HKS, etc. Are their children considered legacies as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As of 2019, 33% got in.

https://www.koppelmangroup.com/blog/2023/2/26/harvard-legacy-strategy#:~:text=Not%20all%20legacies%20get%20into,percent%20that%20make%20it%20in.

33% is so high. Stanford legacy acceptance rate is around 12%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As of 2019, 33% got in.

https://www.koppelmangroup.com/blog/2023/2/26/harvard-legacy-strategy#:~:text=Not%20all%20legacies%20get%20into,percent%20that%20make%20it%20in.

33% is so high. Stanford legacy acceptance rate is around 12%

The data is also 7 years old.