If I'm an alum of a grad school, does that help AT ALL in undergrad applications?

[Anonymous]

Just curious how much volunteering/participating with my grad school helps (if any). It won't significantly affect what I do I suppose, but I'm curious if it helps at all, or if you're too far removed from the college for it to even affect your kid's application at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious how much volunteering/participating with my grad school helps (if any). It won't significantly affect what I do I suppose, but I'm curious if it helps at all, or if you're too far removed from the college for it to even affect your kid's application at all.

I don't think it helps.

[Anonymous]

I could be wrong, but I think alum ties mostly help only if you give a lot of money

[Anonymous]

it helps a little bit. I seem to remember the studies on legacy admission a grad degree helps a quarter or a third of the advantage of a under degree.

[Anonymous]

Didn't help my kid. I think at ivies it marginally helps to be a real legacy, much less for a grad school legacy. But it may depend on the school. Some value it more than others.

[Anonymous]

It depends entirely on the school. At a giant Ivy, unless there's some prominence, perhaps not much.

[Anonymous]

Depends. For my grad school (UVA) apparently out of state kids get treated like in-state kids for acceptance. Might be an even bigger help since OOS would be full pay.

[Anonymous]

I bet you Malia will get help at H from here double HLS parents.

[Anonymous]

No help except if you are a big donor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends. For my grad school (UVA) apparently out of state kids get treated like in-state kids for acceptance. Might be an even bigger help since OOS would be full pay.

I've heard that as well but it doesn't ring true since the school is bound to keep OOS kids at 1/3 of the students. Could they really count alum kids in the 2/3rd for in-state? Seems very unlikely. Or does it mean they hold the alum kids to the lower in-state admission standards even if they are including them in the OOS pool.

[Anonymous]

What school OP? It helps at some and not others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends. For my grad school (UVA) apparently out of state kids get treated like in-state kids for acceptance. Might be an even bigger help since OOS would be full pay.

I've heard that as well but it doesn't ring true since the school is bound to keep OOS kids at 1/3 of the students. Could they really count alum kids in the 2/3rd for in-state? Seems very unlikely. Or does it mean they hold the alum kids to the lower in-state admission standards even if they are including them in the OOS pool.

That. From an interview last year:

While legacy admission has come under more intense scrutiny at colleges and universities around the country in recent years, we plan to maintain our current model, in which out-of-state legacy applicants are treated as if they are Virginians. The offer rate for Virginians to the University was 44 percent this year, the non-Virginian offer rate was 24 percent. There is a significant advantage to being a Virginian in our review.

[Anonymous]

At William & Mary, a grad degree puts your kid in the legacy pool. Here's what W&M says about legacy status: "[we] certainly do take legacy status into account when reviewing applications. While not all legacies are admitted, as legacy status is one factor of many, it is definitely a factor we consider." http://blogs.wm.edu/2011/03/29/decisions-decisions-deny-edition/

[Anonymous]

Legacy in general is a mixed help at many colleges and universities, let alone legacy from a graduate school. Some certainly give legacy kids an advantage (Harvard comes to mind) but others don't consider legacy status much at all, unless you're very prominent or very generous or very active, again depending on the college.

So you have to start with the legacy policy of the college in question. Then add the grad school part. How active have you been with the school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet you Malia will get help at H from here double HLS parents.

Being a law school alum doesn't help much for Harvard college admission. And two alumni parents add very little to an alumni "hook." That said, an alumni parent connection may be the least of the advantages in applying to college as the child of a sitting US president.