Any legacies not get in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard legacy - deferred

That's a soft rejection.

Except for when it's not... tons of legacy kids get deferred and any of those kids ultimately get accepted. Fairly common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obama's daughter was a double legacy and presidents kid and still had to have a gap year

Does anyone think her admission was based on merit or the usual affirmative action for the wealthy

She was not a legacy to Harvard College. they went to Columbia and Princeton. HLS does not count so maybe you should think before you rant!

[Anonymous]

Most legacies do not get in. There are too many of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like all Cornell, Yale, Penn, Harvard, Princeton legacies got in at our high school (Whitman). anyone else notice the trend at their high school?

Do you really know evwery legacy/where they applied/where they got in? Its a big school.

Yes this is what my kid told me. All legacies got in

I'm surprised you took this as gospel. Sounds like it was just easier for your DC to process that only legacies had a real shot from his school.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD was rejected from Princeton (legacy). 1470, 4.something, great XC, community service. Interesting life story. Oh well.

If your DD was a 100 pts higher in the SAT and if by great XC - top 100 in the country, she would likely have got in.

Maybe… but who knows! She is happy at UMBC now! 👍

[Anonymous]

At our school, while the ED admits definitely included legacy kids, overall many legacy kids were deferred. And all of the legacy kids, accepted or deferred, were really strong candidates.

[Anonymous]

My BFF is double legacy for Harvard (that's where her parent met). Both she and her sister got in early. No hesitation.

[Anonymous]

Legacy system is just another tool of racial subordination. I hope they all get rejected.