Legacy question
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Anonymous
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Sorry if this is obvious, I'm European so I don't automatically know the answer...
If I take an MA at UMD will that give my kids legacy status? |
Anonymous
| No |
Anonymous
why not? can you elaborate? |
Anonymous
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Highly selective colleges and universities are not going to admit students, legacy or not, who are unlikely to succeed. Legacy status is most likely to come into play when the admissions officers are comparing two equally qualified applicants.
Some colleges don't consider legacy status at all, and for those that do consider it, legacy status is just a small factor in admissions decisions, Colleges know that being a legacy is a rather dubious distinction. When a college has holistic admissions, these pieces of the application will almost always carry more weight than legacy status: - A Strong Academic Record - Meaningful Extracurricular Involvement - A Winning Application Essay - Positive Letters of Recommendation - Good SAT or ACT Scores (except for test-optional colleges) |
Anonymous
| It depends on the school. Some will consider it, others don't. The key is, alumni status alone doesn't do much, regardless of the degree obtained, if you haven't been actively involved in the school since graduation, particularly by giving money. The point of legacy admissions is to encourage active involvement by alumni, and thus hopefully create new classes of active alumni (because people raised with the idea of staying actively involved in your alma mater are more likely to do it themselves), which generates more donations for the school. If you're an alum of the graduate school who then becomes a consistent financial supporter of both the grad school and the undergrad school, you might get legacy consideration. Simply graduating from a master's program and then doing nothing else won't get your child anything in the admissions process. |
Anonymous
People who get MA are not as loyal ($$) to that alma mater. The bachelor' degree is 2-4 times longer and at a critical growth time in a person's life- it can foster that loyalty. The best legacy gets you at any school is the 'soft no", aka wait list. UMD is not that difficult to be admitted and a student doesn't need a legacy to do it. If you have the grades and test scores, a student will get in. It isn't like the highly selective schools where a student could be valedictorian, make state band, Eagle Scout, and is AP resident of his class and still not get in. |
Anonymous
| No OP. Not only that, UMD doesn't consider legacy status. |
Anonymous
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What if you teach at UMD (teaching undergrads while a grad student and beyond)?
Does that help? |
Anonymous
| Does MIT recognise legacy? |
Anonymous
No, they explicitly do not. |
Anonymous
Only if your grandfather created a Chair. |
Anonymous
Unless you know of a specific case, I disbelief. MIT is pretty intellectually honest when it comes to legacies/paying for entrance as in they don't do it. UMD is not a school that takes legacy seriously yet. But they will take your money for a new building and calls to board members who call Deans count. |
Anonymous
Do you get any tuition reduction for children when you are teaching? |
Anonymous
It has been awhile but I think you have to be a permanent fulltime employee for 2 years before qualifying for tuition remission for your kids. |
Anonymous
| Legacy preferences serve at least two functions -- one is that it provides some assurance that the kid is likely to succeed, no guarantee of course, but it is some information. Second is the donation hook, can't deny that but they don't typically expect large donations. Both of those factors fade the less immediate the connection (grandparents, grad school etc.). Those connections may not be irrelevant but they will not be weighted the same. |