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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All your facts tell me is that [b]if[/b] they are very likely to admit a legacy at some point, they do it in the early round rather than waiting to RD.  Why piss off your donor base?  There is also a decided "awareness advantage" of legacy applicants, which is to be understood given the fact that most of them have spent time on campus through the years at reunions etc. and some are even the sons/daughters of faculty and administrators.  No one has ever disputed the point that on a non-normalized basis, legacies get in more frequently especially in the early round.  Harvard fully admits this.  They also assert that the legacy pool of applicants is quite strong, which is partially evidenced by the Crimson's data.[/quote]

In general, selective colleges will only give legacy a bump in the early decision round. The rationale is to only give a leg up if the school is the student's first choice. If a legacy would prefer to go elsewhere, they aren't any more likely to give or be more involved with the school, so there's no reason to treat them any differently.  But because they are from a pretty privileged group, they tend to have higher test scores and higher gpas than the average applicant.  [/quote]

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