Legacy- 4 Fold, T20

[Anonymous]

Don’t feed the troll

[Anonymous]

No. He doesn't have a chance. Even if you donate 10M.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a high-to-middle of the road student stats wise. 3.8, 1180. He is a great athlete but not recruited. He would play club level in college, though.

His father graduated magna cum laude from this school in undergraduate and went on to earn his masters there as well. His father earned his JD from there. My father taught medicine there for 22 years.

DS has never expressed interest in attending until yesterday. I can't name the school, but for sake of argument lets assume it is Yale.

Is there any chance he would be offered a spot?

OP, DS had slightly lower GPA, much higher test score, a DH w/distinguished alum award (not for service to school but outstanding professional accomplishments), and multigenerational legacy - CCO waved him off as he would get a courtesy deferral followed by a rejection in RD. Basically had already happened to his second cousins.

Chances are probably low to zilch, especially if there are other legacies in class with stronger stats.

This. I was just about to type this. It probably depends a lot on who else is applying from his class.
My kids attend a DC private school where easily 10 legacies apply to Yale each year. Only about 1/10 gets in--and that one usually has top grades as well. The other 9/10 legacies do not get in.

Then at the university level--they may have years when a ton of faculty members' kids or grandkids apply and years when none do. That may factor in to this as well. For example, if this year they have 20 tenured faculty with top notch kids applying to undergrad they probably don't have room in that bucket for your kid. Another year? Who knows!

Your "DC private" has at least 10 applications and only a 10% admit rate, regadless of legacy status?

You're pissing money away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
No. He doesn't have a chance. Even if you donate 10M.

I love it when the GED hayseeds from flyover country check in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a high-to-middle of the road student stats wise. 3.8, 1180. He is a great athlete but not recruited. He would play club level in college, though.

His father graduated magna cum laude from this school in undergraduate and went on to earn his masters there as well. His father earned his JD from there. My father taught medicine there for 22 years.

DS has never expressed interest in attending until yesterday. I can't name the school, but for sake of argument lets assume it is Yale.

Is there any chance he would be offered a spot?

Legacy matters less and less. And nothing is happening with an 1180. Definitely don't submit that. A 3.8 is going to be regarded differently depending on the school. Public students with all the APs are rolling with 4.8s. Rigorous courses will matter. So will ECs. And recommendations.

I don't think Yale level schools are realistic.

Ha.

DP. My DD just got ED at UVA with an 1180 and no hooks. We are white and full pay, no legacy.

OP- know that this forum in particlaur is about 7 angry women that want to sh*t on your kid's dreams, that is it.

A nonlegacy applying test optional ED to UVA is not the same situation as a legacy applying to Yale.

Legacies apply TO to Cornell/Northwestern /Brown all the time. And get in

Agree. School dependent. Just apply TO. Get some pointy interests.
Excellent LOR are key.

[Anonymous]

Legacy is affective in ED pool.
But I’m against giving up.
Apply TO.
Just do it.
It’ just one more app.

[Anonymous]

Why would you want your DC to attend a school that he cannot handle? He will be chewed up by the curriculum and the peers who are 4.6 1560.

[Anonymous]

My legacy kid got into a comparable school with an 1180. History of 7-figure gift and larger planned gift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a high-to-middle of the road student stats wise. 3.8, 1180. He is a great athlete but not recruited. He would play club level in college, though.

His father graduated magna cum laude from this school in undergraduate and went on to earn his masters there as well. His father earned his JD from there. My father taught medicine there for 22 years.

DS has never expressed interest in attending until yesterday. I can't name the school, but for sake of argument lets assume it is Yale.

Is there any chance he would be offered a spot?

Legacy matters less and less. And nothing is happening with an 1180. Definitely don't submit that. A 3.8 is going to be regarded differently depending on the school. Public students with all the APs are rolling with 4.8s. Rigorous courses will matter. So will ECs. And recommendations.

I don't think Yale level schools are realistic.

Ha.

DP. My DD just got ED at UVA with an 1180 and no hooks. We are white and full pay, no legacy.

OP- know that this forum in particlaur is about 7 angry women that want to sh*t on your kid's dreams, that is it.

A nonlegacy applying test optional ED to UVA is not the same situation as a legacy applying to Yale.

Legacies apply TO to Cornell/Northwestern /Brown all the time. And get in

I know a # of legacies applying to Brown with tip top GPAs and test scores who were rejected over last six years. The legacies I know applying to Cornell submit test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a high-to-middle of the road student stats wise. 3.8, 1180. He is a great athlete but not recruited. He would play club level in college, though.

His father graduated magna cum laude from this school in undergraduate and went on to earn his masters there as well. His father earned his JD from there. My father taught medicine there for 22 years.

DS has never expressed interest in attending until yesterday. I can't name the school, but for sake of argument lets assume it is Yale.

Is there any chance he would be offered a spot?

OP, DS had slightly lower GPA, much higher test score, a DH w/distinguished alum award (not for service to school but outstanding professional accomplishments), and multigenerational legacy - CCO waved him off as he would get a courtesy deferral followed by a rejection in RD. Basically had already happened to his second cousins.

Chances are probably low to zilch, especially if there are other legacies in class with stronger stats.

This. I was just about to type this. It probably depends a lot on who else is applying from his class.
My kids attend a DC private school where easily 10 legacies apply to Yale each year. Only about 1/10 gets in--and that one usually has top grades as well. The other 9/10 legacies do not get in.

Then at the university level--they may have years when a ton of faculty members' kids or grandkids apply and years when none do. That may factor in to this as well. For example, if this year they have 20 tenured faculty with top notch kids applying to undergrad they probably don't have room in that bucket for your kid. Another year? Who knows!

Your "DC private" has at least 10 applications and only a 10% admit rate, regadless of legacy status?

You're pissing money away.

unless a rounding error

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t feed the troll

Right, obvious from the op.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you want your DC to attend a school that he cannot handle? He will be chewed up by the curriculum and the peers who are 4.6 1560.

Please most people who attend t20 schools attest that once you are in they do everything to keep you in and many times college is harder than hs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you want your DC to attend a school that he cannot handle? He will be chewed up by the curriculum and the peers who are 4.6 1560.

If it's an Ivy with grade inflation, I wouldn't worry about it. The hardest part is getting in.

[Anonymous]

If the applicant only scored an 1180, why would you want to encourage that he study with peers that are 400 points higher? That seems like an academic recipe for disaster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is a high-to-middle of the road student stats wise. 3.8, 1180. He is a great athlete but not recruited. He would play club level in college, though.

His father graduated magna cum laude from this school in undergraduate and went on to earn his masters there as well. His father earned his JD from there. My father taught medicine there for 22 years.

DS has never expressed interest in attending until yesterday. I can't name the school, but for sake of argument lets assume it is Yale.

Is there any chance he would be offered a spot?

Legacy matters less and less. And nothing is happening with an 1180. Definitely don't submit that. A 3.8 is going to be regarded differently depending on the school. Public students with all the APs are rolling with 4.8s. Rigorous courses will matter. So will ECs. And recommendations.

I don't think Yale level schools are realistic.

Congrats to your DD!! That's great news.

But know that "full pay" is a hook...

Ha.

DP. My DD just got ED at UVA with an 1180 and no hooks. We are white and full pay, no legacy.

OP- know that this forum in particlaur is about 7 angry women that want to sh*t on your kid's dreams, that is it.